# Suzanne Somers has passed away at 76 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [October 15, 2023, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suzanne-somers-has-passed-away-at-76/991610 "2023-10-15T20:16:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2023, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suzanne-somers-has-passed-away-at-76/991610/1 "2023-10-15T20:16:36Z")
Article below > **[Suzanne Somers, 'Three's Company' and 'Step by Step' Actress, Dead at 76](https://people.com/suzanne-somers-dead-at-76-8358227)** > > Suzanne Somers died on Oct. 15 at 76. The actress was best known for her roles on 'Three's Company' and 'Step by Step.' ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2023, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suzanne-somers-has-passed-away-at-76/991610/2 "2023-10-15T20:23:24Z")
RIP. There’s only one left for company. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2023, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suzanne-somers-has-passed-away-at-76/991610/3 "2023-10-15T20:32:48Z")
I can now stop looking for the blonde in the white Thunderbird. So sad to hear this. 😥 ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2023, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suzanne-somers-has-passed-away-at-76/991610/4 "2023-10-15T22:07:19Z")
No more special dedications either. ☹ RIP. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2023, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suzanne-somers-has-passed-away-at-76/991610/5 "2023-10-15T22:31:51Z")
A beautiful woman. While this probably was not exclusively due to ThighMaster use, I also admired her outspokenness, courage, and deviation from stereotype. ---
**Author:** ![Caribbean\_cruiser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caribbean_cruiser/32/9349_2.png) [@Caribbean\_cruiser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caribbean_cruiser)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2023, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suzanne-somers-has-passed-away-at-76/991610/6 "2023-10-15T23:09:12Z")
_Quote: “… I also admired her outspokenness, courage, and deviation from stereotype…”_ Huh? Suzanne Somers made a mint off the dumb blonde stereotype. And while other feminists were burning their bras to protest the objectification of women, Somers removed hers and made her nipples must-watch TV. Still, she was a brainy and beautiful woman. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2023, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suzanne-somers-has-passed-away-at-76/991610/7 "2023-10-15T23:14:43Z")
I like to think Saint Peter is singing “Come and knock on our door, we’ve been waiting for you…” ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2023, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suzanne-somers-has-passed-away-at-76/991610/8 "2023-10-15T23:17:17Z")
> [@Caribbean\_cruiser](#): > > Huh? Suzanne Somers made a mint off the dumb blonde stereotype. I didn’t pay enough attention to TV to know the roles she played, but I saw her on Larry King Live when she was getting on in years and was busy flogging her questionable “stay young forever” techniques. IIRC, she was a huge fan of HRT. Clearly, she’d had a lot of plastic surgery and fillers, and [she looked awful.](https://www.google.com/search?as_st=y&tbm=isch&hl=en&as_q=Larry+King&as_epq=Suzanne+Somers&as_oq=&as_eq=&imgar=&imgcolor=&imgtype=&cr=&as_sitesearch=&as_filetype=&tbs=#imgrc=9zzsAip9TSd9ZM) That doesn’t make her a bad person, but I did feel that she promoted an “aging is bad” philosophy that was both literally and figuratively unbecoming. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2023, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suzanne-somers-has-passed-away-at-76/991610/9 "2023-10-15T23:19:34Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > she looked awful. She looks fine to me [![](https://media.gettyimages.com/id/111323293/photo/larry-king-and-suzanne-somers-13193_mc_0456-jpg.jpg?s=612x612&w=gi&k=20&c=FnjXa3P_LL7bkAxRXV_NABMLJC9xBWjt9mMhigzfqd8=) ](https://media.gettyimages.com/id/111323293/photo/larry-king-and-suzanne-somers-13193_mc_0456-jpg.jpg?s=612x612&w=gi&k=20&c=FnjXa3P_LL7bkAxRXV_NABMLJC9xBWjt9mMhigzfqd8=) ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2023, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suzanne-somers-has-passed-away-at-76/991610/10 "2023-10-15T23:21:15Z")
She was an attractive woman until she overdid the fake stuff - of course you can see photos of her where she looks okay. But seen continuously, rather than as just a snapshot, I guarantee you she looked cringy by the time she did the Larry King interview where I saw her. (She may have been on more than once, of course.) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2023, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suzanne-somers-has-passed-away-at-76/991610/11 "2023-10-15T23:22:07Z")
> [@Caribbean\_cruiser](#): > > Suzanne Somers made a mint off the dumb blonde stereotype. And while other feminists were burning their bras to protest the objectification of women, Somers removed hers and made her nipples must-watch TV. Yep, all the way to the bank! ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2023, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suzanne-somers-has-passed-away-at-76/991610/12 "2023-10-15T23:22:40Z")
Here she is from that time her house was broken into _while_ she was live streaming. This was a few years ago. Still, I think she looked just fine for a 70+ year old. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/eAbewHQh-3I/maxresdefault.jpg "Suzanne Somers Home Invasion Friday Caught On Tape") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAbewHQh-3I) ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2023, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suzanne-somers-has-passed-away-at-76/991610/13 "2023-10-15T23:22:45Z")
She fought the good fight. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2023, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suzanne-somers-has-passed-away-at-76/991610/14 "2023-10-15T23:45:03Z")
No she did not “fight the good fight.” She fought against Obamacare, in favor of medical quackery, and for the attitude that aging in women is so unattractive that it must be stopped even at the cost of their health. [Here’s an article from the New Republic:](https://newrepublic.com/article/115574/suzanne-somers-hormone-hackery-unscientific-and-dangerous) > …the mountain of misinformation and half-truths on which Ms. Somers has built her post-show-business career as a health guru. Since 2004, with the publication of _The Sexy Years_ , she has been a relentless advocate of so-called “bioidentical” hormone replacement therapy for post-menopausal women. In her latest book, _I’m Too Young For This!_ , published last month by Crown Books, she doubles down, pushing hormone therapy for women in their 40s and even 30s, who have not even undergone menopause yet. > > … Thanks to hormones, her skin is smooth, her hot flashes are gone, and as she claimed in 2006’s _Ageless_ , “I have substantially reversed the aging process in my body.” She has riffed on this same basic theme in most of her 24 (!) books, from _Ageless_ to _Breakthrough_ to _Bombshell_ to her current offering. > > …In her notorious 2009 Oprah interview, she revealed that she injects hormones directly into her vagina. Every day. Plus a daily shot of human growth hormone. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2023, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suzanne-somers-has-passed-away-at-76/991610/15 "2023-10-16T00:10:52Z")
Somers was fired from Three’s Company after she complained she was only making 20% of Ritter’s salary (allegedly since the studios also did not want to properly pay Laverne and Shirley). She may have played a dumb blonde and benefitted from that, but that is not who she was. I don’t really agree with many of her medical ideas (see above post), but she was a smart businesswoman and not really like the characters she played. And it does take courage to battle serious diseases so publicly. AFAIK she was an advocate for geriatric sex positivity, and she wasn’t an anti-vaxxer. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2023, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suzanne-somers-has-passed-away-at-76/991610/16 "2023-10-16T00:25:59Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > No she did not “fight the good fight.” She fought against Obamacare, in favor of medical quackery, and for the attitude that aging in women is so unattractive that it must be stopped even at the cost of their health. [Here’s an article from the New Republic:](https://newrepublic.com/article/115574/suzanne-somers-hormone-hackery-unscientific-and-dangerous) > > > …the mountain of misinformation and half-truths on which Ms. Somers has built her post-show-business career as a health guru. Since 2004, with the publication of _The Sexy Years_ , she has been a relentless advocate of so-called “bioidentical” hormone replacement therapy for post-menopausal women. In her latest book, _I’m Too Young For This!_ , published last month by Crown Books, she doubles down, pushing hormone therapy for women in their 40s and even 30s, who have not even undergone menopause yet. > > > > … Thanks to hormones, her skin is smooth, her hot flashes are gone, and as she claimed in 2006’s _Ageless_ , “I have substantially reversed the aging process in my body.” She has riffed on this same basic theme in most of her 24 (!) books, from _Ageless_ to _Breakthrough_ to _Bombshell_ to her current offering. > > > > …In her notorious 2009 Oprah interview, she revealed that she injects hormones directly into her vagina. Every day. Plus a daily shot of human growth hormone. More seriously, Suzanne Somers promoted cancer quackery, including that of Nicholas Gonzalez, whose pancreatic cancer treatment plan included cramming down 150 supplements pills a day (along with two coffee enemas). Not surprisingly, a clinical trial showed patients enduring the Gonzalez regimen did much more badly than patients receiving standard treatment, along with worse quality of life. > **[Suzanne Somers’ Knockout: Dangerous misinformation about cancer (part 1)](https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/suzanne-somers-knockout-spreading-dangerous-misinformation-about-cancer-part-1/)** > > If there's one thing I've become utterly disgusted with in the time since I first became interested in science-based medicine as a concept, its promotion, and the refutation of quackery and medical ps \*stories of her death on CNN and NPR don’t address her promotion of quackery, while USA Today’s piece does. Go figure. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2023, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suzanne-somers-has-passed-away-at-76/991610/17 "2023-10-16T00:36:22Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > I like to think Saint Peter is singing “Come and knock on our door, we’ve been waiting for you…” That would really freak out Joyce DeWitt. > [@Jackmannii](#): > > More seriously, Suzanne Somers promoted cancer quackery, including that of Nicholas Gonzalez, whose pancreatic cancer treatment plan included cramming down 150 supplements pills a day (along with two coffee enemas). Not surprisingly, a clinical trial showed patients enduring the Gonzalez regimen did much more badly than patients receiving standard treatment, along with worse quality of life. And being banned from Starbucks. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2023, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suzanne-somers-has-passed-away-at-76/991610/18 "2023-10-16T02:43:53Z")
Suzanne was very good on Threes Company. The show was never as good with her replacements. They didn’t have Suzanne’s comic timing. I don’t believe Suzanne’s acting career ever recovered from her studio fight. But she created a business empire and was very wealthy. I guess she had the last laugh. RIP ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2023, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suzanne-somers-has-passed-away-at-76/991610/19 "2023-10-16T02:59:35Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I don’t believe Suzanne’s acting career ever recovered from her studio fight. She did well enough - [Step by Step](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Step_by_Step_(TV_series)) was no cultural icon or ratings barn-burner, but it managed to survive for seven seasons. That is a very significant second run for any actor. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2023, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suzanne-somers-has-passed-away-at-76/991610/20 "2023-10-16T03:06:49Z")
I never saw Step by Step. I’m glad Suzanne got a 2nd series. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suzanne-somers-has-passed-away-at-76/991610.md?page=2)