Suzanne Somers, the effervescent blonde known for playing Chrissy Snow on the TV show “Three’s Company” as well as her business endeavors, has died
Suzanne Somers was as well known for her business endeavors as her acting. She died Sunday at age 76, her family said in a statement provided by her longtime publicist, R. Couri Hay. Somers had breast cancer for over 23 years and died Sunday morning, her family said in a statement provided by her longtime publicist, R. Couri Hay. Husband Alan Hamel, son Bruce and other immediate family were with her in Palm Springs, Calif.
Somers was born in 1946 in San Bruno, Calif., to a gardener father and a medical secretary mother. She began acting in the late 1960s, playing the blonde driving the white Thunderbird in George Lucas’s 1973 filmAt her audition, Lucas just asked her if she could drive. She later said that moment “changed her life forever.”, she was the ditzy blonde opposite John Ritter and Joyce DeWitt in the roommate comedy.
But Somers took the break as an opportunity to pursue new avenues, including a Las Vegas act, writing books, hosting a talk show and becoming an entrepreneur. In the 1990s, she also became the spokesperson for the “Thighmaster.”, which aired on ABC’s youth-targeted TGIF lineup.
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