一 | Suzanne Somers, the actress best known for her roles in TV comedies including "Three's Company" and "Step by Step," has died, her longtime publicist announced Sunday. She was 76 years old.“Suzanne Somers passed away peacefully at home in the early morning hours of October 15th," R. Couri Hay said in a statement. "She survived an aggressive form of breast cancer for over 23 years. Suzanne was surrounded by her loving husband Alan, her son Bruce, and her immediate family. Her family was gathered to celebrate her 77th birthday on October 16th. Instead, they will celebrate her extraordinary life, and want to thank her millions of fans and followers who loved her dearly."A private family burial will take place this week, Hay said, and a memorial will be held next month.Born Suzanne Marie Mahoney on Oct. 16, 1946, in San Bruno, California, Somers got her acting start in the late '60s and early '70s with small roles and bit parts in films like the 1968 Steve McQueen action classic "Bullitt," and Clint Eastwood's "Magnum Force" in 1973. That same year, she also had a brief but memorable appearance in the George Lucas-directed "American Graffiti," credited as "Blonde in T-Bird" who silently mouths the words "I love you" to star Richard Dreyfuss before driving away.Somers also appeared throughout the 1970s on hit TV shows including "The Rockford Files," "One Day at a Time," "The Six Million Dollar Man," "The Love Boat" and "Starsky & Hutch." However, her big break came when she was cast as the ditzy Chrissy Snow on the ABC sitcom "Three's Company" opposite Joyce DeWitt and the late John Ritter. The series, based on the British sitcom "Man About the House," revolved around the antics of three single roommates – Somers' Chrissy, Ritter's Jack Tripper and DeWitt's Janet Wood – living together platonically."Three's Company" was a hit, running for eight seasons between 1977 and 1984 and spawning several spinoff series. It also made Somers a sex symbol and household name. Before the show's fifth season, Somers famously demanded a raise from $30,000 an episode to $150,000, equal to what male co-star John Ritter reportedly was making then. When producers refused, Somers claimed health issues and declined to appear in two show episodes. Despite her popularity, her role was drastically reduced for the remainder of the season and she was fired when the season ended in 1981. Somers sued the show's producers for $2 million in response but received only a small fraction of what she asked.Widely criticized in the popular press for her "Three's Company" demands, Somers found it difficult for several years to secure acting, other than an occasional TV movie. She also starred on the short-lived, critically drubbed syndicated sitcom "She's the Sheriff" from 1987 to 1989. Somers also headlined a series of one-woman shows on the Las Vegas strip in the 1980s, which she reprised in 2015.To further help make ends meet, in 1990, Somers became the commercial spokesperson for the Thighmaster, a piece of personal exercise equipment meant to be squeezed between one's thighs to develop leg and hip strength. While the ubiquitous infomercials, featuring Somers in heels and a leotard, were widely lampooned, the product was a success, selling millions of units and earning Somers induction into the Direct Marketing Response Alliance Hall of Fame. Under her own business shingle, Somers ultimately began selling her own successful lines of personal products, including skin care, makeup, hair care and health products.Ten years after she was fired from "Three's Company," Somers scored her next big television role, when she was cast on ABC's "Step by Step" alongside "Dallas" alum Patrick Duffy. Similar to the plot of "The Brady Bunch," the sitcom starred Somers and Duffy as Frank and Carol, two single parents who married and blended their families, which consisted of three children each. Somers remained on this show, which was part of ABC's TGIF lineup until it changed networks for its final season, for its entire seven-season run, which ended in 1998.Somers worked sporadically in television in the years after "Step by Step" ended, including brief forays into talk. She gave Broadway a shot in 2005 with her one-woman show "The Blonde in the Thunderbird"– a reference to her cameo in "American Graffiti" more than 30 years earlier – featuring a collection of stories about her life and Hollywood career, but it closed after less than a week of performances due to poor ticket sales and bad notices. She also competed on season 20 of "Dancing with the Stars" in 2015 alongside her professional partner, Tony Dovolani, placing ninth.Somers battled breast cancer multiple times throughout her life. She was first diagnosed with the disease in 2000 during a routine mammogram and subsequently underwent a lumpectomy and radiation therapy for treatment, as well as seeking out alternative therapies. The actress opened up about additional bouts with breast cancer in 2023, telling ABC's "Good Morning America," "every now and then it pops up again, and I continue to bat it down.""This is not new territory for me. I know how to put on my battle gear and I'm a fighter," she continued at the time, adding that her husband had "been by my side every step of the way."Somers wrote numerous books, including memoirs, ones focused on health and wellness, cookbooks and even a collection of poetry. Her most recent was "Two's Company: A Fifty-Year Romance with Lessons Learned in Love, Life & Business," published in 2017.Somers was married twice. Her first marriage, to Bruce Somers, produced her only child, Bruce Jr., and ended in divorce in 1968 after three years. She met her future husband, Alan Hamel, in 1969 when she was a prize model on "Anniversary Game," the short-lived game show he was hosting. The two married in 1977 and remained together until her death.。 협상 진전에도…이란 “당장 개방은 아냐” 25일(현지시간) 바드르 알부사이디 오만 외교장관(왼쪽)과 아바스 아라그치 이란 외교장관이 이란 테헤란에서 만나 악수를 하고 있다. UPI연합뉴스13㎞ 폭…이란 영해 거쳐 항행 공동 기뢰 제거 등 단계적 추진 미·이란, 중재국 통해 물밑 대화 러 국영 매체선 ‘휴전설’ 보도도이란과 오만이 호르무즈 해협의 안전한 항행 재개를 위한 ‘임시 공동 해상 통로 개설’ 등에 합의했다. 미국이 선포한 ‘경제 전쟁’을 둘러싸고 미·이란이 날 선 공방을 주고받는 가운데, 중재국을 고리로 한 물밑 교섭도 이어지는 것으로 보인다.이란 외교부는 25일(현지시간) 테헤란에서 아바스 아라그치 이란 외교장관과 바드르 알부사이디 오만 외교장관의 회담에서 이 같은 해협 관리 방안에 뜻을 모았다는 내용의 공동성명을 발표했다. 양국은 임시 공동 해상 통로를 개설하고 공동으로 해협 내 기뢰를 제거하는 방안을 단계적으로 실시하기로 했다.이번 합의는 해협 내 약 7해리(13㎞) 폭의 임시 항로를 구축하는 내용을 담고 있다. 이 항로 내에서는 오만 영해를 통해 진입·통과하지만 선박도 모두 이란 영해를 거치게 된다. 카젬 가리바바디 이란 외교차관은 타스님통신에 “해협 위쪽에 한 차선, 아래쪽에 또 다른 차선을 만드는 식이 아니다”라며 “왕복 고속도로 같은 형태”라고 말했다. 통항 선박 전체에 대한 이란의 관리·감시를 강화하겠다는 취지로 읽힌다.다만 이란은 호르무즈 해협의 개방이 미국의 대응에 달렸다고 강조했다. 가리바바디 차관은 “호르무즈 해협이 내일 당장 개방되는 것은 아니다”라며 “조건이 충족되고 미국의 후회와 반성을 우리가 이해할 때 가능하다”고 했다. 그는 이란 경제 제재의 완전한 해제, 레바논·예멘 등 중동 전역의 전쟁 종식을 조건으로 제시했다. 이날 도널드 트럼프 미국 대통령이 호르무즈 해협 내 기뢰를 모두 제거·폭파했다고 밝힌 데 대해 그는 “그렇다면 왜 선박들이 해협을 통과하지 않는가”라며 “에너지 시장을 안정시키려는 선전”이라고 일축했다.미국의 추가 경제 제재 공개 후 신경전은 계속되고 있지만, 물밑에서는 중재국을 통한 양국 간 대화 정황도 보인다. 이란은 전날 테헤란을 방문한 아심 무니르 파키스탄 육군참모총장을 통해 미국 측에 전달할 대화 재개 조건을 제시했다. 이란 측 소식통은 타스님통신에 “(무니르 총장은) 협상 공간을 열기 위해 왔으며, 이란의 입장을 미국에 전달하려는 목적이었다”며 이란이 종전 양해각서(MOU)로의 복귀와 이행, 호르무즈 해협에서의 이란 통제권 인정 등을 조건으로 제시했다고 전했다. 모신 나크비 파키스탄 내무장관은 엑스에서 “상당한 진전이 이뤄졌다”고 평가했다. 이날 무함마드 빈 압둘라흐만 알사니 카타르 총리가 아라그치 이란 외교장관과 통화하면서 호르무즈 해협 임시 통항과 기뢰 제거 계획 등을 논의했다고 카타르 외교부가 밝혔다.미국은 추가 군사행동에 나설 계획이 없다는 신호를 보냈다. 마코 루비오 미 국무장관은 최근 몇몇 동맹국 외교라인을 통해 바뀐 대이란 정책을 설명하면서 당분간 군사행동을 자제할 계획이라 밝혔다고 미 온라인 매체 액시오스가 보도했다. 미국 정부는 레바논·이스라엘·요르단·오만 등 미·이란 전쟁 후 철수했던 중동 내 자국 대사관에 차례로 외교관을 복귀시킬 예정이라고 이날 뉴욕타임스(NYT)가 보도했다.이 가운데 미국과 이란의 휴전 합의설도 나왔다. 러시아 국영 통신사 리아노보스티는 이날 미국과 이란이 호르무즈 해협에서의 자유 통항을 포함해 휴전에 합의했다고 보도했다. 리아노보스티는 파키스탄과 이란 소식통의 말을 인용해 휴전 합의가 며칠 내로 발표될 것이라 전했지만, 구체적인 내용은 공개하지 않았다.。
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