How Suzanne Somers got FIRED from Three’s Company for asking for equal pay… then got the last laugh after finding huge success as ThighMaster fitness guru: A look back at her career following her death at 76

Susan Somers died at the age of 76, two days short of her 77th birthday.

The Three’s Company star has died after a recurrence of breast cancer.

Here we look back at her life and storied career, from her beginnings as Chrissy Snow in Three’s Company to her role as the matriarch in Step by Step.

Also known for her work as a fitness guru, Suzanne also helped popularize ThighMaster when she served as a spokesperson for the fitness machine.

In addition to acting, the blonde beauty was a model, author, mother and wife.

In memoriam: How Suzanne Somers went from Three’s Company star to ThighMaster fitness guru: A look back at her career after death at 76

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Three’s Company was Susan’s breakthrough role in 1977, with the stunning California-born actress playing Chrissy, the secretary, a stereotypical dumb blonde who shared an apartment with John Ritter’s cookery student character Jack Tripper and Joyce Dewitts’ Janet Wood, the flower girl.

However, Suzanne would eventually be fired from the show in 1980 after she asked for a raise that was comparable to John’s.