Suzanne Somers’ cause of death has been revealed.
TheThree’s Companyactress died at 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 15 after herbreast cancerspread throughout her body, PEOPLE confirms.
Though no autopsy was performed, the certificate also reportedly listed hypertension, or high blood pressure, and hydrocephalus as additional underlying conditions that led to her death.
Per theAmerican Association of Neurological Surgeons, hydrocephalus is a condition where “excess cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) builds up within the fluid-containing cavities or ventricles of the brain” and causes “harmful pressures on the tissues of the brain.” Somers' death certificate indicated that the actress suffered from hydrocephalus for over a year.
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Actress Suzanne Somers visits Extra at Burbank Studios on February 19, 2020.Paul Archuleta/Getty
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Earlier this month, Somers' publicist R. Couri Hayconfirmed her deathto PEOPLE. 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,” Hay wrote in a statement to PEOPLE shared on behalf of the actress’ family.
Alan Hammel and Suzanne Somers attends Clive’s Milestone Birthday Gala on April 6, 2022.Patrick McMullan/PMC via Getty
Patrick McMullan/PMC via Getty
“Saying the words publicly out loud — ‘I have breast cancer’ — rocked my soul,” Somers told PEOPLE in 2001.
When she received the initial diagnosis, she and husbandAlan Hamel"were silent, hardly talking, in disbelief, like this can’t be happening, wondering is this a little blip or the end of my life?" she recalled.
Suzanne Somers.
In 2007, Somers told theLos Angeles Timesthat, after treating her cancer with radiation, a lumpectomy and alternative medicine, she was cancer-free. However, the actress revealed thather breast cancer had returnedin a July 2023 Instagram post.
Alongside a photo of herself and Hamel, 87, 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,” she continued. “I know how to put on my battle gear and I’m a fighter.”
Suzanne Somers and Alan Hamel visit Hallmark’s “Home & Family” on December 15, 2017.David Livingston/Getty
David Livingston/Getty
Written in all caps, the poem read, in part: “LOVE. THERE IS NO VERSION OF THE WORD THAT IS APPLICABLE TO SUZANNE. THE CLOSEST VERSION IN WORDS ISN’T EVEN CLOSE. IT’S NOT EVEN A FRACTION OF A FRACTION OF A FRACTION."
“55 YEARS TOGETHER, 46 MARRIED AND NOT EVEN ONE HOUR APART FOR 42 OF THOSE YEARS. EVEN THAT DOESN’T DO IT. EVEN GOING TO BED AT 6 O’CLOCK AND HOLDING HANDS WHILE WE SLEEP DOESN’T DO IT. STARING AT YOUR BEAUTIFUL FACE WHILE YOU SLEEP DOESN’T DO IT,” he continued. “THERE ARE NO WORDS. THERE ARE NO ACTIONS. NO PROMISES. NO DECLARATIONS. WE ARE ONE. I AM IN LOVE WITH YOU, MY BEAUTIFUL SUZANNE, FOR ALL OF ETERNITY.”
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In addition to her husband, Somers’ former costars — includingPatrick DuffyandJoy DeWitt— and her sonBrucealsopaid tributeto the actress after her death.
source: people.com
