Suzanne Somers’ Son Bruce Shares Tribute: ‘She Soared Higher Than Most Can Dream’

Bruce then thanked his mother for leaving him with “all the tools,” adding that he continues to feel her presence with him today.

“I will miss your sweet hand and caring eyes that would look deep into my soul for verification that everything was okay. Thank you for being the best mother any son could ever dream of,” he wrote. “I miss you already. Call me greedy, but 57 years wasn’t enough. And yet, I received more love than I could ever imagine. I love you so dearly.”

He also wished Somers a happy birthday, as the actress would have turned 77 on Monday, Oct. 16. She was surrounded by family over the weekend as they celebrated her birthday. “Today, Heaven is lucky,” he ended the post.

Somers’ publicist R. Couri Hay confirmed the actress’ death Sunday in a statement to Rolling Stone, with Somers’ death coming just one day before her 77th birthday. Earlier in the year, Somers revealed that she was diagnosed with a recurrence of breast cancer after previously battling the disease in 2000.

“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 said in a statement.

Somers was best-known for portraying the ditzy Chrissy Snow on the Seventies sitcom Three’s Company, about two women living with a man who is pretending to be gay. The series was a hit following its premiere in 1977 and made the actress an instant sex symbol.

In July, Somers — who also authored dozens of health and wellness books (some of which were met with skepticism) — revealed that, after battling breast cancer 23 years earlier, the disease had recurred.

 “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,” she wrote on Instagram at the time. “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.”