Posted on 10/15/2023 12:55:36 PM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
Suzanne Somers, best known for her roles on Three's Company and Step by Step, has died.
Somers died on Sunday morning, PEOPLE confirms. She was 76.
“Suzanne Somers passed away peacefully at home in the early morning hours of October 15th. She survived an aggressive form of breast cancer for over 23 years,” Somers’ longtime publicist R. Couri Hay wrote in a statement shared on behalf of the actress’ family.
“Suzanne was surrounded by her loving husband Alan, her son Bruce, and her immediate family,” the statement continued. “Her family was gathered to celebrate her 77th birthday on October 16th. Instead, they will celebrate her extraordinary life, and want to thank her millions of fans and followers who loved her dearly.”
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I didn’t recall that scene until I watched it, but I think it displays the human universality of that type of thing!
I know I am not alone in this...:)
That scene sticks in my mind too.
That, and 'in the service one must always choose the lesser of two weevils!".
After I posted, I saw you wrote “who is now my wife”. Wish FR had an edit feature. Either way, mazel tov.
It happens so fast.
No, you aren’t alone. There is a girl I think of every day.
I had the same experience with my wife of 37 years. First saw her in a radiology dept in a hospital in Miami. I still remember that smile and big dimples! It took ten years for us to get together but it’s been true love ever since. It’s great when that happens.
CAPTAIN: There, I have you! You're completely dished. Do you not know that in the service one must always choose the lesser of two weevils?
Just love it!
Sorry for your loss.
Hayde Bluegrass “All My Tears”.
Found them 6 months ago, when I lost Mrs. Stick after 49 years. The band is from Norway
This is interesting:
"It is what many men remember her from. It has happened to many men at some time in their life. You see a girl, and she sees you...your eyes meet, and then the moment passes. But that instant persists in your brain for some time, sometimes your whole life."
I believe that's true... and Suzanne Somers as the "Blonde in the White Thunderbird" really illustrates it.
I think a man remembers a glance or smile from a beautiful woman because she's... mysterious. If he never spoke with her, she'll always be that mysterious woman, and he might always wonder about her.
Women don't put as much emphasis on a glance from a man, probably because men are constantly looking at them.
But, a woman might remember and always think about a man who spoke with her. I've heard that story from many women, and I have such a story myself.
But, typically, some talking had to be involved for a woman to remember him.
I've heard that men are more inclined to what they see, whereas women are more inclined to what they hear. Maybe that's the difference.
LOVE your story of meeting your wife! Beautiful.
I am glad...I love to share it. We both did see that woman again after we were engaged the next year and told her, but...she didn’t really comprehend.
But we raise a toast to her as often as she enters our thoughts!
That had never occurred to me, but...I think you are on to something there.
I do agree with the verbal vs. visual thing, though. Dr. Jordan Peterson said that something like 80% of the users of YouTube are male...from their statistics, I think. I get that. It is why pornography is also primarily (though not exclusively) a male thing.
And why Hallmark-type movies are primarily a female thing. It's about the verbal stuff. The movie ends when the man says, "I love you. I want to spend the rest of my life with you." Then, the final scene is their first kiss. Women love that stuff. Maybe not all women, but many do.
I think that observation you made about Hallmark-type movies is a perspicacious one.
Of course, that is what an old fossil like me would say, but...we gotta call em like we see em. Truth is truth.
Tomorrow would have been her 77th birthday.
RIP.
I’m sure they’ll inherit a couple of Thighmasters she had stashed in her attic. ;-)
“Threes Company ages so well (despite well, everything) because of the cast(s), and she was certainly a big part of it all even if just for a season or two.“
Three or four seasons IIRC. And the show taught a moral lesson in many episodes…Jack Tripper lying caused many of the dilemmas they encountered.
It can’t be 50! Why I saw it when I was 23. I don’t feel 73.
I am so sorry. May you find peace and comfort my friend. I lost my son 4 years ago.
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