Suzanne Somers Dead at 76 After Cancer Battle

2:06 PM PT — Suzanne’s rep tells us … “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. A private family burial will take place this week, with a memorial to follow next month.”

Sources near the late actress additionally inform us that Suzanne had not too long ago been in search of therapy for her breast most cancers out of state within the Midwest — however we’re advised it proved to be unsuccessful and she or he was in the end introduced dwelling.

Suzanne Somers has died after an extended battle with most cancers … this in keeping with her staff.

The legendary actress — well-known from “Three’s Company” and a rating of different TV reveals/films — handed away Sunday morning at her dwelling … so says her publicist, R. Couri Hay, who broke the tragic information to Page Six.

He says, “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. Suzanne was surrounded by her loving husband Alan, her son Bruce, and her immediate family.”

It is a heartbreaking improvement for the showbiz icon … who’s been coping with most cancers, in a single kind or one other, because the early 2000s. She was first recognized with melanoma in 2000 … and developed breast most cancers shortly thereafter. SS battled breast most cancers on and off for years … but it surely totally returned simply earlier this yr in the summertime, when she advised the world.

On the time, she wrote … “As you know, I had breast cancer two decades ago, and every now and then it pops up again, and I continue to bat it down. I have used the best alternative and conventional treatments to combat it. This is not new territory for me. I know how to put on my battle gear and I’m a fighter.”

Clearly, she’ll finest be remembered for her work on the famed ABC sitcom reverse John Ritter and Joyce DeWitt — the place she performed the hilarious and ditzy Chrissy Snow for 5 seasons — however her work spanned many years … and was notable properly past that.

Suzanne can also be well-known for roles in “Starsky and Hutch,” “Hollywood Wives,” “She’s the Sheriff,” “Step by Step,” and numerous one-time appearances on a number of different hit sequence.

Film-wise, her work on “American Graffiti” is her largest declare to fame on the massive display screen — however Suzanne starred in a lot of movies … together with “Ants!” “Yesterday’s Hero,” “Nothing Personal,” “Serial Mom,” “The Nutty Professor,” “Say It Isn’t So” and extra. She hasn’t acted since 2001, proper across the time her well being troubles surfaced.

Suzanne’s demise comes simply in the future earlier than her 77th birthday. She’s survived by her son, Bruce Jr.

She was 76.

RIP