Alan Hamel, husband of the late actress Suzanne Somers, is speaking out to share his memories of the couple’s final conversations before her 2023 death.
The bombshell beauty, best remembered for starring on the sitcoms “Three’s Company” and “Step by Step,” as well as appearing in a string of unforgettable ThighMaster ads that made the invention a massive commercial success, died of breast cancer at age 79, per NBC. Bravo fans may have also seen her appear on ‘Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.’ Read on for details of her final words with Hamel.
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Hamel, 89, said in an October 2025 interview with Woman’s World that he is “doing okay” after losing his wife two years ago after an impressively long marriage. He went on, “We were together 55 years. We lived together for nine years before we got married.” He romantically added that it was only after meeting Somers that he knew marriage was for him, saying, “Before I met Suzanne, I wasn’t sure if I wanted to get married again since I had been divorced previously.”
He then touched on his wife’s illness, revealing the “Nothing Personal” star “dealt with cancer her entire life.” He recalled, “The first time she was diagnosed with cancer I was with her in the changing room at the doctor’s office. I will never forget when the doctor came in and said those three dreaded words, ‘You have cancer.’ At that moment everything came to a halt and it was the only time, we barely spoke to each other.” He says Somers then came up with a solution for how to face the pair’s frightening new reality. She suggested, “Let’s not give it anymore attention because I am going to be okay.” Hamel also praised his wife for her “great attitude” in dealing with the disease.
The Final Days
Hamel vulnerably recalled his final days with Somers as her condition grew more fragile, saying, “When the end was near, Suzanne and I had a lot of conversations. The last two nights I was with her, she was non-responsive. I was talking to her non-stop from 8 p.m. one evening to 5 a.m. the next morning, hoping she could hear me.” He added that he assumed the actress was aware because he noted “her blood pressure was normal.”
He went on to recount how they sweetly shared a final kiss before Somers woke up long enough to tell him, “I don’t want you to mope around. I want you to live your life because you have a great life ahead of you and I don’t want you to walk around all depressed.”
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Suzanne Somers’ Husband Reveals Their Last Words Together