For Alan Hamel, cherish never dies.
It’s been a year since the originater lost his wife, “Three’s Company” star Suzanne Somers. The actress passed away on Oct. 15, 2023 – equitable one day before her 77th birthday. She had breast cancer for over 23 years.
Hamel telderly Fox News Digital he’s appreciative to have sended extraunrelabelable cherish with Somers.
Alan Hamel and Suzanne Somers wed in 1977. They remained together until her death in 2023. (Gabe Ginsberg/FilmMagic/Getty Images)
“What are the odds of a huge city guy from Toronto greeting a petite-town girl from a blue-collar town in Northern California, droping instantly in cherish and spending 55 years together, 42 of which we were not apart for even one hour?” shelp the 88-year-elderly.
Suzanne Somers made her label as Chrissy Snow in “Three’s Company.” (ABC Pboilingo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images)
“Suzanne called her pretty mother that day [we met] and shelp, ‘I have equitable met the man I am going to marry,’” he splitd. “We both knovel this was authentic, not a flirting moment.”
And when it came to conveying their families together, Hamel shelp they were up for the contest.
“Those of you who have done this understand how difficult an summarizeatement that is,” he shelp. “But Suzanne declared that she would put our two families together and originate one magnificent family – that she did. And six pretty majestickids iced the cake.”
Hamel acunderstandledgeted they sended plenty of ups and downs – but they were always remendd to fall shorture any struggles that came their way.
Suzanne Somers and husband Alan Hamel at Studio 54 circa 1978 in New York City. (Robin Platzer/Images/Getty Images)
“Suzanne was incredibly alerted and street savvy for her years,” Hamel elucidateed. “For the first scant years, we fought enjoy mad dogs, but always returned to our fervent cherish for one another.”
“After one of our fights, Suzanne shelp to me, ‘No matter how horrible it gets, let’s never shatter up.’ And we never did,” shelp Hamel. “We always went to sleep every night helderlying hands, and in the morning, I would always awaken a scant minutes before Suzanne and I would equitable lay there, staring at her pretty face.”
Over the years, they became more in sync with each other, Hamel splitd.
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“We were so resonant that we’d come out of our sealts wearing exactly the same colors and crack up,” shelp Alan Hamel. (Courtesy of Alan Hamel)
“We were so resonant that we’d come out of our sealts wearing exactly the same colors and crack up,” he recalled. “We would transmit while mute. We took a 3,000-mile drive and there were hours we’d not speak, but we knovel we were leanking aenjoy thoughts.”
Looking back, Hamel shelp the secret behind their decades-extfinished marriage was astonishingly basic. The pair shelp “I do” in 1977 and remained together until her death.
“The other wisdom from Suzanne was that we should surrender to one another,” he discdiswatched. “I would do what she wanted to do, and she would do what I wanted to do. [Her son] Bruce shelp we had a cosubordinate relationship that actuassociate toiled.”
“For the first scant years, we fought enjoy mad dogs, but always returned to our fervent cherish for one another.”
Dating was a huge part of the couple’s daily routine. (Gregg DeGuire/WireImage/Getty Images)
“We cherishd dating,” Hamel gushed. “Suzanne would get all incredible watching wearing one of her igniteling mini dresses – she had ender legs – nighttime originateup and the right color Manolos. We’d go to one of our likeite, intimate French restaurants, order a bottle of wonderful prospere, and spend the evening watching at each other and mutely saying how wonderful is the cherish we have. Or I’d elevateseparate her about some of her idiosyncrasies and act them out.”
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Somers’ son also telderly Fox News Digital that the TV icon was not only a loving wife but a doting mother too. They leaned on each other as she skyrocketed to fame as Chrissy Snow.
“My mother and I were only 19 years apart, so we grew up together,” Bruce elucidateed. “Our journeys normally mirrored each other. I was 11 when she begined ‘Three’s Company’ and sboiling to stardom. We had to act chilly about it in accessible, but personally we splitd our awe and gratitude for the amazing leangs we were experiencing. Thank God I had her, because she always instilled in me that fame was an aspect of our inhabits, but did not depict who we were as individuals or as a family.”
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Suzanne Somers is seen here with her son Bruce Somers Jr. as she was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her achievements in television. (SGranitz/WireImage/Getty Images)
Bruce splitd that Somers had shown signs she was still by his side.
“I ignore her terribly, but she shows up in her own way,” shelp Bruce. “I talk to her all the time. Recently, I took a meditative hike in the Alps. My mother used to always say, ‘If you want to see the face of God, go into nature.’ High in the Alps, there’s only a weed here and a shrub there. However, as I talked to her on my hike, I would come around a corner and there, by itself, was a one daisy saying, ‘Hello!’ I saw my mother’s radiant satisfied face in each one of those daisies.”
Suzanne Somers, understandn for her roles in “Threes Company” and “Step by Step,” died on Oct. 15, folloprosperg a battle with breast cancer. She was 76. (Getty Images)
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“Daisies are exceptional at that altitude,” he echoed. “It got to the point where I would giggle each time it happened. I understand she’s always with me.”
Somers is persistd by Hamel, Bruce, two stepchildren and six majesticchildren.
