Suzanne Somers and Alan Hamel’s incredible love story revealed: How the couple built a family, a brand (and enjoyed a VERY spicy sex life) and supported each other through her 23-year cancer battle… before her shock death at age 76
Suzanne Somers had an incredible love story that lasted half a century with Alan Hammel.
The Three’s Company actress spent 55 years with her long-term partner before she tragically passed away on Sunday morning, a day before her 77th birthday.
The couple were married for 46 of those years, and their love endured even through her 23-year battle with an aggressive form of cancer.
Over the years, the couple have built a close-knit family and an exceptional brand that has sold over 500 products.
The couple have also been candid about their very spicy sex life, with Somers previously opening up about how she “spoiled” her husband in bed.
Longtime couple: Suzanne Somers had an incredible half-century love story with Alan Hammel. The Three’s Company actress spent 55 years with her long-term partner before she tragically passed away on Sunday morning, a day before her 77th birthday.
Most recently and touchingly, Hammel wrote her a glowing love letter, which he “gave her the day before, and she read the poem and went to bed and later died peacefully in her sleep,” Somers’ publicist said. People.
In 1969, the pair first met on the set of a joint game series, The Anniversari Game, with Somers as the prize model and Hamel as host.
Her time on the show was short, but their romance was sparked then and continued even after she left the show.
Years later, in March 1977, the couple bought a house together in Palm Springs, California.
They dated passionately for 10 years before tying the knot in September of the same year.
They remained inseparable until she “passed away peacefully at home”.
In Hammel’s love letter to Somers, he proudly mentioned that they had never spent more than an hour apart in 42 years.
The couple had no children together, but united their families in a loving marriage.
Somers is survived by a son, Bruce Somers Jr., 57, from a previous relationship.
Hamel also has two children from his first marriage.
Amazing love story: The couple were married for 46 of those years, and their love endured even through her 23-year battle with an aggressive form of cancer. Over the years, the couple have built a close-knit family and an exceptional brand that has sold over 500 products
Long-term couple: The pair have also been candid about their very spicy sex life, with Somers previously opening up about how she ‘spoiled’ her husband in bed