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Actress Suzanne Somers Passes Away At Age 76

<p>Actress&comma; businesswoman&comma; and author Suzanne Somers has passed away at age 76&period; According to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;usatoday&period;com&sol;story&sol;entertainment&sol;celebrities&sol;2023&sol;10&sol;15&sol;suzanne-somers-tributes-barry-manilow-celebs-mourn-actress&sol;71199974007&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">USA Today<&sol;a>&comma; the actress passed away on Sunday&comma; October 15 — the day before her 77th birthday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">RELATED&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;michael-gambon-harry-potter-dumbledore-dead-passes-away&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Actor Michael Gambon&comma; Known For &&num;8216&semi;Harry Potter&&num;8217&semi;&semi; Dumbledore Role&comma; Passes Away At Age 82<&sol;a><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Suzanne Somers&&num;8217&semi; Publicist Reveals The News To The World<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;usatoday&period;com&sol;story&sol;entertainment&sol;celebrities&sol;2023&sol;10&sol;15&sol;suzanne-somers-tributes-barry-manilow-celebs-mourn-actress&sol;71199974007&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">USA Today<&sol;a> reports that Somers passed away early Sunday morning surrounded by her family&period; The news was publicly revealed by the actress&&num;8217&semi;s longtime publicist&comma; R&period; Couri Hay&comma; in a statement to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;people&period;com&sol;suzanne-somers-dead-at-76-8358227" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">PEOPLE<&sol;a> that same day&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Additionally&comma; Hay shared that Somers passed away after battling an &&num;8220&semi;aggressive form of breast cancer&&num;8221&semi; for more than 23 years&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote>&NewLine;<p id&equals;"mntl-sc-block&lowbar;1-0-4" class&equals;"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html">&&num;8220&semi;Suzanne Somers passed away peacefully at home in the early morning hours of October 15th&period; She survived an aggressive form of breast cancer for over 23 years&period; Suzanne was surrounded by her loving husband Alan&comma; her son Bruce&comma; and her immediate family&period; Her family was gathered to celebrate her 77th birthday on October 16th&period; Instead&comma; they will celebrate her extraordinary life&comma; and want to thank her millions of fans and followers who loved her dearly&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CycJ-orpQEn" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a separate statement&comma; Hays shared that Somers was &&num;8220&semi;very engaged right to the end&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;There were all these plans and she was always working and dreaming and had brought her family into the business&comma; and the grandchildren and step-children were all part of the business&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Hays explained to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;people&period;com&sol;suzanne-somers-dead-at-76-8358227" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">PEOPLE<&sol;a>&period; &&num;8220&semi;&lbrack;She was&rsqb; very engaged right to the end&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>According to Somers&&num;8217&semi; publicist&comma; the actress will be buried in a &&num;8220&semi;private family&&num;8221&semi; ceremony this week&period; Then&comma; a memorial will be held to honor Somers in November&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Friends Of The Actress Pay Tribute To Her Life<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Tributes for the late actress began to pour in after news of her death became public&period; Singer&comma; songwriter&comma; and Somers&&num;8217&semi; friend of over 40 years&comma; Barry Manilow&comma; reflected on her passing and their relationship in an exclusive statement to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;people&period;com&sol;barry-manilow-remembers-late-friend-suzanne-somers-exclusive-8358244" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">PEOPLE<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;Suzanne and I were friends for decades&period; She was the sister I never had and my close confidant forever&period; We shared triumphs and heartaches&period; Her fame in so many fields overshadowed her real talent as one of our greatest comedic actors&comma; a loving mother&comma; an amazing homemaker&comma; and one of the world’s best cooks&period; I will miss her dearly and hope that she is now out of pain and at peace&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Additionally&comma; Caitlyn Jenner also paid tribute to Somers with a photo post shared on <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;p&sol;CybuwSzyj9m&sol;&quest;utm&lowbar;source&equals;ig&lowbar;web&lowbar;copy&lowbar;link" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Instagram<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;We lost a true American Icon today&period; <a class&equals;"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz notranslate &lowbar;a6hd" tabindex&equals;"0" role&equals;"link" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;suzannesomers&sol;">&commat;suzannesomers<&sol;a> you will be missed&period; It was always a pleasure and a riot working with you over the years&excl; Here we are way back in the 70’s at Pepperdine with Howard&excl; Rest in Peace&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CybuwSzyj9m" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Fellow actress Viola Davis also paid tribute to Somers on <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;reel&sol;CybxAS0PaUP&sol;&quest;utm&lowbar;source&equals;ig&lowbar;web&lowbar;copy&lowbar;link&amp&semi;amp&semi;igshid&equals;MzRlODBiNWFlZA&equals;&equals;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Instagram<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;RIP Suzanne Somers&period; I grew up watching Three&&num;8217&semi;s Company&period; You were a joy and forever young&period; Rest well 💔🕊🙏🏿&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CybxAS0PaUP" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">A Brief Look Back On The Life &amp&semi; Career Of Suzanne Somers<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>According to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;usatoday&period;com&sol;story&sol;entertainment&sol;celebrities&sol;2023&sol;10&sol;15&sol;suzanne-somers-tributes-barry-manilow-celebs-mourn-actress&sol;71199974007&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">USA Today<&sol;a>&comma; Suzanne Somers&&num;8217&semi; career began with &&num;8220&semi;small acting roles&&num;8221&semi; between the late 1960s and early 1970s&period; The outlet reports that the actress landed her first movie credit in Steve McQueen&&num;8217&semi;s 1968 film&comma; &&num;8220&semi;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;BsvD806qNM8" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Bullitt<&sol;a>&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>From there&comma; Somers would land brief roles in shows such as &&num;8220&semi;The Love Boat&&num;8221&semi; and &&num;8220&semi;One Day At A Time&period;&&num;8221&semi; However&comma; the actress&&num;8217&semi;s &&num;8220&semi;big break&&num;8221&semi; would come in 1977 with her role as Chrissy Snow on &&num;8220&semi;Three&&num;8217&semi;s Company&comma;&&num;8221&semi; as per <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;npr&period;org&sol;2023&sol;10&sol;16&sol;1206061280&sol;suzanne-somers-died-on-sunday-the-eve-of-her-77th-birthday" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">NPR<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Somers would also don roles as Sheriff Hildy Granger in &&num;8220&semi;She&&num;8217&semi;s the Sheriff&&num;8221&semi; and Carol Foster Lambert in &&num;8220&semi;Step by Step&period;&&num;8221&semi; Additionally&comma; the actress would also go on to pen over 25 books and become a New York Times best-selling author&comma; per <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;people&period;com&sol;suzanne-somers-dead-at-76-8358227" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">PEOPLE<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;usatoday&period;com&sol;story&sol;entertainment&sol;celebrities&sol;2023&sol;10&sol;15&sol;suzanne-somers-tributes-barry-manilow-celebs-mourn-actress&sol;71199974007&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">USA Today<&sol;a> reports Somers was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2000 after battling <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;cbsnews&period;com&sol;news&sol;suzanne-somers-threes-company-star-dies-age-76&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">skin cancer<&sol;a>&period; After bouts with breast cancer over the past &&num;8220&semi;two decades&comma; Somers revealed earlier this year on July 31 that she was again battling the disease&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;Since I have been taking time off from work&comma; many of you have asked for more details about my health&period; As you know&comma; I had breast cancer two decades ago&comma; and every now and then it pops up again&comma; and I continue to bat it down&period; I have used the best alternative and conventional treatments to combat it&period; This is not new territory for me&period; I know how to put on my battle gear and I’m a fighter&period; Alan has been by my side every step of the way&period; I can’t even explain how much he has done for me&period; If it’s even possible&comma; we are even closer than ever&period; My incredible family has been so supportive&comma; and have helped so much by keeping the business running so you can still have access to all the wonderful products&period; Thank you for the continued love and support&period; It’s only about who you love and who loves you &&num;8211&semi; and I love you&excl; ✨💛✨&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CvYACxKytPM" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>At this time&comma; Suzanne Somers&&num;8217&semi; cause of death has not been made public&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CybspabSTwz" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Be sure to check back in with <em>The Shade Room<&sol;em> for updates&period; This is a developing story&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"147443" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;actress-suzanne-somers-passes-away-dead-age-76&sol;" data-secure&equals;"b4292fe731"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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