Notre Belle Famille mourns Suzanne Somers: the actress is dead

For a decade, she was Carol Foster Lambert on the famous ’90s family sitcom.

An essential figure on the small screen at the end of the 20th century, Suzanne Somers died this weekend. Star of two cult sitcoms, Living as a Three (Three’s Company) And Our Beautiful Family (Step By Step), she passed away on Sunday after a long battle with breast cancer. She was 76 years old.

“Suzanne Somers died peacefully at home early in the morning of October 15“, his representative confirmed on Sunday. “She survived an aggressive form of breast cancer for over 23 years.”, he specifies. The first diagnosis dated from the year 2000. The actress announced this summer that her cancer had returned.

It was in the 1970s that Suzanne Sommers started to make a name for himself, playing in series The Rockford Files, The Man Who Was Worth Three Billion Or La Crosière is having funbefore landing his first starring role in Living as a Three (in 1977), opposite John Ritter and Joyce DeWitt.

A very popular romantic comedy at the time, which the actress left with loss and crash at the end of season 5, after a conflict that remained memorable in Hollywood, around her cachet. She was replaced by Jenilee Harrison at the start of season 6.

A short crossing of the desert followed, before Suzanne Somers does not find a leading role. In the early 1990s, she became the mother-in-law of Our Beautiful Family. For 7 seasons, alongside Patrick Duffy, she was the unforgettable Carol Foster Lambert, access heroine of M6 in France for many years.

The actress should have celebrated her 77th birthday today. “Suzanne was surrounded by her beloved husband Alan, son Bruce and close family.”, continues his agent. “Her family was gathered to celebrate her 77th birthday which she was due to celebrate on October 16. Instead, they will celebrate his extraordinary life and want to thank his millions of fans and followers who loved him dearly.“