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Actress Suzanne Somers, 76, passed away from Three's Company

According to a statement provided to the media

"her family was gathered to celebrate her 77th birthday."

Somers was not just an actor but also a writer and health expert.

Before gaining the part of Chrissy Snow in Three's Company in 1977

She had a hiatus from playing in films in the early 1990s

Later television appearances on Dancing with the Stars

her own talk program The Suzanne Program,

 co-hosting Candid Camera were among her credits.