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Suzanne Somers’ ‘Step by Step’ co-stars share fond reminiscences of late actress

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Suzanne Somers was honored by the solid of “Step by Step” almost 5 months after her loss of life.

Somers died from breast cancer at her residence in Palm Desert on Oct. 15. She was 76.

On Sunday, her former “Step by Step” co-stars reunited at ’90s Con and shared a few of her legacy engaged on tv for many years as a number one actress.

Christopher Castile, Patrick Duffy, Staci Keanan, Christine Lakin, Jason Marsden and Sasha Mitchell reunited for the primary time in years.

PATRICK DUFFY HONORS SUZANNE SOMERS WITH EMOTIONAL TRIBUTE TO ‘STEP BY STEP’ CO-STAR

Suzanne Somers Step By Step

Somers starred alongside Patrick Duffy within the household sitcom, “Step by Step.” (ABC Picture Archives)

“Step by Step” debuted in 1991 and ran for seven seasons earlier than its final episode aired in 1998.

Duffy and Somers starred as single mother and father Frank Lambert and Carol Foster, who fell in love, married and joined their households collectively. Not solely had been the newlyweds beginning over once more as adults, they every had three kids and created a brand new thought of household.

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Cast of Step by Step with Suzanne Somers and Patrick Duffy

The “Step by Step” solid reunited at ’90s Con in Connecticut. (ABC Picture Archives)

“Suzanne gave the most beautiful, thoughtful gifts, and she was a person of immense style and glamour in her real life, and I will never forget [that] and I still have them. One Christmas, she gave me a pair of Prada, cashmere tights,” Keanan stated, per Folks journal. 

“Okay, so it’s Prada. You know, fancy and everything. But beyond that, she was like, ‘These will keep you warm. And even if you have a long skirt, you could just wear these underneath to keep you warm.’ [It was] so sweet. She will be missed.”

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“I think watching her as a young person, [I] would see her on television. I watched a lot of reruns growing up, so I knew ‘Three’s Company.’ I didn’t know ‘Dallas,’ sorry,” Lakin stated.

Patrick Duffy and Suzanne Somers star on Step by Step

Patrick and Suzanne performed single mother and father, Frank and Carol. (ABC Picture Archives)

She continued, “Growing up with her and watching her as a woman, as a businesswoman, as someone who was a huge star who had a bright light, who was so gorgeous, who was also so down to Earth and someone I just really admired. She was someone that made me think, as a young female in Hollywood, you can be kind and you can be generous and you can be successful and all of those things don’t have to be mutually exclusive.

“She was so candy and loving. Her coronary heart was so massive, and we actually miss her.”

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Watson, who played her daughter Angela on the show, formed a core memory with Suzanne.

Patrick Duffy and Susanne Summers in Step by Step

The sitcom focused on two single parents who found love and raised their blended family together. (CBS)

“For me, it was with the ability to do the mother-daughter reunion pageant the place we faucet dance collectively and sang … That was so wonderful. Like, the spotlight of my profession,” she stated.

Shortly after her loss of life in October, Duffy honored Somers with a shifting tribute to his pal. 

“As with everybody who knew her, I used to be shocked yesterday by the information that my expensive and deep pal Suzanne had handed. For that temporary second it was unbelievable,” he posted on Instagram. “However certainly she has handed. She superbly handed by means of my life on this leg of her infinite journey. My job now could be to stay on the roadside as she continues on.”

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He added, “I’m not alone in wishing I had another face-to-face along with her and Alan, however had we had that assembly final Friday I’d nonetheless be craving for only one extra right now. It’s the painful fantastic thing about our current human actuality.

“What strength and support I can muster I send to Alan and Bruce and her family and to her I say; When the stone of your life dropped in this pond you made quite a ripple my friend. Thank you.”

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The “Three’s Company” actress was diagnosed with cancer twice earlier than. She suffered pores and skin most cancers in her 30s and breast most cancers in her 50s.

Somers married her second husband, television host Alan Hamel, in 1977. She frequently mentioned their loving relationship with one another.

Along with son Bruce, they’ve three granddaughters: Camelia, Violet and Daisy.

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