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Oct 15 (Reuters) - Actor Suzanne Somers, best known for her role on the television show "Three's Company" and for fitness and health business ventures, died Sunday at age 76, according to a statement from her spokesperson. "Suzanne Somers passed away peacefully at home in the early morning hours of October 15th,” Somers's spokesperson, R. Couri Hay, said in a statement. “Suzanne was surrounded by her loving husband, Alan, her son Bruce, and her immediate family,” the statement continued. Beyond appearances in television and movies, Somers was also known for writing numerous books, mainly focused on health and nutrition, as well as pitching fitness products like the Thighmaster. Reporting by Pete Schroeder; editing by Diane Craft and Gerry DoyleOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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☆ Suzanne Somers, ‘Three’s Company’ actress, dead at 76
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CNN —Suzanne Somers, the actress who lit up the small screen on “Three’s Company” and one of TV’s most iconic fitness pitchwomen, has died, according to a statement provided to CNN from her longtime publicist R. Couri Hay. “Suzanne Somers passed away peacefully at home in the early morning hours of October 15th. In good ‘Company’Somers’ multifaceted career spanned decades, but she was best known for her role as Chrissy Snow on the hit ABC sitcom “Three’s Company” that ran through the late ’70s and early ‘80s. 1 show in the country, there was a collective consciousness because about half of everybody watching television on Tuesday nights were watching Three’s company,” she said in 2015 during a CNN interview. It took a while for people to realize I was acting.”Her time on “Three’s Company” ended in 1981 after Somers had asked producers for a raise to match Ritter’s salary the year prior.

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Suzanne Somers, the effervescent blonde actor known for playing Chrissy Snow on the television show “Three’s Company” and who became an entrepreneur and New York Times best-selling author, has died. Somers faced some backlash for her reliance on what she’s described as a chemical-free and organic lifestyle to combat the cancers. On “Three’s Company,” she was the ditzy blonde opposite John Ritter and Joyce DeWitt in the roommate comedy. “The show’s response was, ‘Who do you think you are?’” Somers told People in 2020. Somers did reconcile with Ritter before his death, and then with DeWitt on her online talk show.

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