{"id":46552,"date":"2023-10-17T14:48:17","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T14:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/17\/suzanne-somers-remembered-by-step-by-step-co-star-patrick-duffy\/"},"modified":"2023-10-17T14:48:17","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T14:48:17","slug":"suzanne-somers-remembered-by-step-by-step-co-star-patrick-duffy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/17\/suzanne-somers-remembered-by-step-by-step-co-star-patrick-duffy\/","title":{"rendered":"Suzanne Somers Remembered by ‘Step by Step’ Co-Star Patrick Duffy"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Suzanne Somers<\/a>‘ on-screen husband, and <\/span>Step by Step<\/span><\/em> co-star, <\/span>Patrick Duffy<\/a>, is honoring her memory.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a statement to ET, Duffy reflected on his friendship with Somers — who <\/span>died on Sunday<\/a> at the age of 76.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I lost another friend Sunday,” the statement began. “She became my dear friend on the first day we met and it never faltered to this moment. I will continue to converse with her but simple in a different way. But with the love and gratitude for her being. I know too well the feelings felt by all who loved her and most deeply by her family. To them I send my love and strength.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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Duffy, and Somers played Frank and Carol Lambert, on the ABC series that centered around the pair blending their families, after finding love. <\/span>Step by Step<\/span><\/em> aired from 1991 to 1998.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Somers’ death was confirmed to ET over the weekend in a statement from her publicist. The actress died at 5 a.m., one day before her 77th birthday, “surrounded by her loving husband Alan, her son Bruce, and her immediate family.”\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On Monday, ET’s Kevin Frazier<\/span> spoke to Somers’ husband, Alan Hamel and her son, Bruce Somers<\/a> who touched on her lasting impact.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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“I think yesterday we were in a bubble, and it was it was special to all be together,” Bruce shared. “Today, the overwhelming outpouring of love from everyone is heartfelt, but it’s a whole additional wave of emotion as well.”<\/span><\/p>\n

He continued, “Yesterday, she was just mom, and today she’s back to being Suzanne Somers in everyone’s eyes. And I appreciate that,. And I appreciate everything that she’s done. She has touched so many people.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Hamel admitted that he knew this moment would come, but he never expected that he would be the one that would have to live without his other half.<\/span><\/p>\n

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“We thought it would be me [first] because I’m 10 years older than Suzanne. And then I thought, ‘What a conundrum! If it’s me first, then she’s alone. I don’t want her to be alone,'” he said. “Over the past 42 years we have not spent even one hour apart. And my son, Bruce, refers to it as ‘functionally co-dependent,’ which I guess it was.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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