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SUZANNE SOMERS (1946–2023)

BLONDE? ABSOLUTELY. DUMB? We should all be so dumb.

Suzanne Somers, who died of breast cancer on October 15, the day before she would have turned 77, will forever be remembered as dizzy, pigtailed free spirit Chrissy Snow on ABC’s blockbuster late-1970s sitcom . Her Californiabred golden-girl looks first. That notoriety made her a favorite on Johnny Carson’s , where ABC programming chief Fred Silverman spotted his next star, casting her opposite John Ritter and Joyce DeWitt as coed roommates.

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