Losing a parent is never easy. Those were the people who sacrificed a lot for our happiness and well-being and the truth is that no matter what we do, we can never repay them.
When Dylan Carter lost his mom, he was devastated. Before she passed away, she had a wish she wanted him to fulfill, and that was to sing I Look to You at her funeral.
Dylan made her a promise and did all in his power to make her final wish come true, but he was too fragile to be able to go through the entire song.
Almost a year later, he got the chance to make things right when he appeared on The Voice and sang the song.
This time, besides the emotions he experienced, he finished the song, and he sounded incredible.
His rendition was so moving that all of the four judges turned around for him. Dylan was overwhelmed, but that didn’t stop him from finishing the song in his mom’s honor.
“When I saw y’all turn around, I saw my Mom,” Dylan said. “… this was the best second chance — I just made her so proud.”
You can watch his powerful performance in the video below.
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The act of giving and receiving can have a powerful impact on relationships.
When the young man from the following joke decided to send his loved one a new pair of gloves along with a beautiful note, he didn’t expect the salesperson would make a mashup with the order.
This is hilarious, you are going to love it!
A young man wanted to buy a pair of expensive gloves for his sweetheart’s birthday.
He went to an expensive boutique, bought the finest gloves available, and asked the saleswoman to have them delivered along with a note he had written.
Unfortunately, the clerk mixed up the order while wrapping the merchandise. Instead of the expensive gloves, the clerk accidentally wrapped a pair of panties and sent them to the young man’s sweetheart along with the following note which he had written.
Darling: I have been trying desperately to come up with a special gift for your birthday. I chose these because I noticed that you are not in the habit of wearing any when we go out in the evening.
I would have chosen the long ones with buttons, but since your sister wears the short ones which are so easy to remove, I wanted to get the same style for you.
You may be concerned that these are a delicate shade, however, the saleslady showed me a pair that she had been wearing for three weeks and they were hardly soiled. She said that there are a couple of important care considerations that I should mention to you.
First, when you take them off, remember to blow in them before putting them away since they will naturally be a little damp from wearing. Second, be sure to keep them on while cleaning them so that they won’t shrink.
The saleslady made such an impression on me that I had her try them on for me. She really looked great in them and I can just imagine how great they are going to look on you.
I decided to mail these so that you would have them in time for your birthday. I really hesitated because I wanted so much to be there to watch you put them on for the first time.
There is little doubt in my mind that many other hands will have touched them before I see you again. I can hardly wait to run my own hands over them or do as the French do, and gently kiss them. I hope you really like them and will wear them for me on Friday night.
P.S. – The latest style is to wear them folded down with a little fur showing.
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College professors are expected to live by some standards because at the end of the day, they are the ones who shape future members of our society and teach them not only how to gain knowledge on certain subjects but how to become respected individuals.
Sadly, the reality is different at times and professors sometimes find it difficult to maintain the conduct they are supposed to have when facing certain situations, such as having contact with beautiful students.
Well, the professor from the following joke found himself in a certain situation and got called out for that. What happened next is likely to make you laugh.
A middle-aged college professor receives a knock on the door of his office on campus.
After fumbling about for a few moments, he opens the door to find an old man, who greets him with a big smile and says: “May I come in? I worked in this very room thirty years ago when I was a professor at this college.”
“Sure!” replied the professor. “Be my guest!”
The old man examined the room, fondly remembering everything.
He said, “The same old room, the same old wooden table, the ventilator and the same old window that opens to the garden. And the same old desk.”
When examining it, he noticed there was a young girl hiding under the desk.
The younger professor got alarmed and said, “Don’t mistake me. She’s my daughter. She dropped her earring and is searching for it.”
The old man grinned and said, “And the same old story.”
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There are times in life when we get disappointed because we couldn’t get that new phone, or because we couldn’t afford a nice vacation. Sadly, we don’t realize that there are people who live on the verge of poverty and would do anything to have the things we have, and that’s the reason we should never take things for granted and always be thankful for the life we have.
Angel David was about to turn eight years old. Up until then, he had never celebrated his birthday the way his peers did, with a cake or a party. It wasn’t that his mom didn’t want to do a proper celebration for her son, she just couldn’t afford it.
But this year was different. Angel’s class teacher and his classmates knew he had never had a party before, so they decided to step up and throw one for him.
They were all inside the classroom, waiting for Angel to arrive.
The moment he appeared at the door and heard everyone singing Happy Birthday, the sweet boy was in shock. He just couldn’t hide his happiness and burst in tears of joy.
Some would say that this gesture is a small one, but it meant the world to a boy who had never had a birthday celebration in his life.
To see Angel’s sweet reaction, go to the video below.
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One thing about former President and business mogul Donald Trump is that he’s a public figure who’s under the spotlight all the time. The same, however, can’t be said for his youngest son, Barron Trump.
The truth is that a lot about Barron’s life is a mystery to the public.
He doesn’t expose his private life and is rarely seen in public. What we know of him is that he’s currently attending the private school Oxbridge Academy and is part of the class 2024. He, along with his parents, lives at the family’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.
Barron was born in 2006, the same year when Donald and Melania tied the knot. He grew up in the Trump Tower in Manhattan, where he is reported to have an entire floor for himself. Although he has lived surrounded by luxury, he never had a traditional nanny while growing up. Instead, Melania took all the care of him, and that included preparing him breakfast and lunch every day.
Back in the day when Barron was born, Donald Trump did something unconventional. Just 20 minutes into the world, the former president alerted the media that he became a father for the fifth time.
As reported by several newspapers, he called MSNBC’s long-running radio show “Imus in the Morning,” hosted by Don Imus, to reveal the great news.
“Everyone’s perfect,” Donald Trump, who was 59 at the time, told Imus.
“I continue to stay young, right? I produce children, I stay young,” while Melania’s website posted that the baby weighted in at 8 1/2 pounds and was 21 inches long.
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What many noticed is that Barron didn’t stop growing from the last time he was spotted out in public, including Ivana Trump’s funeral which he attended together with his parents.
Last year, Donald Trump, who stands at “only” 6 feet 3, actually spoke of his son’s height.
“Barron is 6-foot-7, can you believe it? And he’s 15,” Trump said.told NY Post.
“Eric is short — he’s only 6-foot-6.”
In one clip from Trump’s press conference, panning across an entire room of people, the president’s son could clearly be seen in the background, dwarfing all others.
Nowadays, however, it’s hard for the Trump family to be out of the spotlight having in mind that Donald Trump was indicted by a New York court in March.
Melania Trump has decided to stay quiet and has not been on the campaign trail or in the courtroom with her husband. She has also stayed silent when her husband’s mugshot went viral after he was booed and fingerprinted at a Georgia jailhouse for charges of election fraud.
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That, according to a People Magazine source, has to do with not only herself but also Barron Trump.
“Melania is good at taking care of business at hand, which includes her own life, the life of her son, and the lives of her close family members,” the source told People Magazine.
“She would not stand in a circle of people she knows and openly comment on the lawsuits or the mug shot. She will have her way of dealing with this and anything else publicly when she feels like it,” the source added. “Remember, Melania is a mom with a not-yet-adult son to protect. A mug shot that everyone is talking about is just one more issue to wade through.”
Melania is doing her best to keep herself and her son out of sight.
The reason for that is that in the middle of August, a Chicago social studies teacher was arrested over alleged threats to kill Donald Trump and Barron.
As per The Guardian, the death threat was sent in an email to the unidentified head of an educational institution in Palm Beach County, southern Florida, where Mar-a-Lago is located.
“I will state that I will shoot Donald Trump Sr AND Barron Trump straight in the face at any opportunity I get!” the woman wrote in an email in May.
A senior law enforcement official told CBS that the woman had been “on the U.S. Secret Service’s radar for several years.” Recently, the “nature of her threats escalated to become more specific.”
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“Her family has expressed concern to law enforcement about her potential for violence,” a senior law enforcement official said. “She has struggled chronically with her mental health and recently reported stopping taking her prescribed medication.”
The woman’s attorney said, “She would never actually get close to Barron Trump because she’s afraid of him.”
He then added: “This is all a little wacky, but it doesn’t say that she’s a danger.”
In a September interview, Donald Trump spoke of his son and described him as a great kid. He also spoke of his wife and said, “She’s doing very well. She’s very strong, very, very even-keeled. And she’s a very good woman,” adding that things between them are doing well.
“She’s a very calm person. It’s very interesting, and I think that’s what people like about her. Our dinners are nice dinners, our dinners are like people’s dinners… we actually get along very well,” he explained.
Trump then added that he and Melania are “looking into” the possibility of Barron attending the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
“He’s a good kid, he’s a good-looking kid. He’s a great student, very good student,” the former president added.
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Recently, the Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron found that Donald Trump, his family, his businesses, and the entire Trump Organization had committed fraud by overvaluing his wealth on business documents for years. This was to get better bank deals, which New York Attorney General Letitia James first claimed in her lawsuit.
With the ruling, Engoron revoked the Trump Organization’s New York “business certificates” and any other business based in New York City run by Trump or his family, which means that Donald Trump could be stripped of the control over some of his Trump properties, including his beloved Trump Tower in Midtown Manhattan, where Barron grew up.
Trump spoke of the case on the social media, referring to it as to a “witch hunt.”
“The widespread attack against me, my family, and my supporters has devolved to new, un-American depths, at the hands of a DERANGED New York State Judge, doing the bidding of a completely biased and corrupt “Prosecutor,” Letitia James,” Donald Trump shouted on his Truth Social platform.
“Nothing like this has ever happened in our Country before. My Civil Rights have been violated, and some Appellate Court, whether Federal or State, must reverse this horrible, un-American decision. If they can do this to me, they can do this to YOU!” Trump added.
It’s not yet clear how this will affect Trump’s children, including Barron.
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Linda Hunt’s life story and her determination to get to Broadway and Hollywood and reach for the stars is truly impressive. The star of NCIS was born on April 2, 1945, in Morristown, New Jersey. When she turned six months of age, her parents realized something could be wrong with her so they sought medical help. Linda was diagnosed with a form of cretinism, a condition of severely stunted physical and mental growth due to untreated congenital deficiency of thyroid hormones. In Linda’s case, that meant her motor skills weren’t properly developed.
Her parents, though, never lost hope of seeing their daughter grow up into a normal person. To everyone’s surprise, her motor skills were pretty much on par with the average child as she grew a bit older.
Later, she was diagnosed with hypopituitary dwarfism, she stands at 4 feet 9 inches tall, but not even that stood on her way to accomplish her dream of becoming an actress.
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Speaking to CBS, Linda recalled her school days were hard.
“I was totally alienated by school almost from the first day, I had a bad experience with a teacher and was made to feel stupid. I felt bad that I didn’t fit in,” she said.
“Everybody either wanted to take care of me or push me around, you know? I was teased a lot, sure I was, of course.
“Fourth grade, fifth grade, sixth grade, everybody was taking their spurts except me.”
But that didn’t break her spirit, she just knew she was different and that made her unique.
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After watching the Broadway musical Peter Pan, Linda fell in love with acting even further. The fire of the Broadway magic lit in her heart and never faded away. It was something that pushed her forward, until she finally found her place under the Hollywood sky.
“I’m lucky that I’ve always known what I wanted to do,” Linda told The Bulletin. “[Mary Martin, who played Peter] was astonishing in her belief in the world she was creating, and that was fascinating to me. She had the power to make others believe what was in her mind.”
“It was bigger than life. And that in some sense, I longed to be bigger than life because I wasn’t,” she told CBS.
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Back at school, she took some private acting lessons and later found herself in the Big Apple. Once there, she was totally confused. Not knowing what to do or where to turn to, she took some jobs working backstage at theaters off-Broadway, but that wasn’t how she imagined her life.
“I moved into a shoebox-sized apartment in the city when I was in my early 20s with my father’s help,” Linda recalled.
“I was very young and very lost, I didn’t even attempt to act professionally. That would of meant getting an agent and going to auditions. I wasn’t capable of doing any of that. It was truly emotionally beyond me.”
After taking everything into consideration, she decided to move back to her parents. There, she met with her acting teacher again, and she was reminded of her love for acting and of the fact that she wasn’t someone who gave up easily, so Linda turned to acting once again. This time, nothing could stand on her way. That was all, of course, thanks to her parents who supported her and encouraged her unconditionally her entire life.
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In 1975, Linda made her Broadway debut, starring in Ah, Wilderness. Shortly after, she starred alongside Mel Gibson in The Year of Living Dangerously where she portrayed a character from the opposite sex. Her acting was so impeccable that Linda received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
She was the first person ever to win an Academy Award for playing a cis-gender character of the opposite sex. And during the Oscars ceremony, many people probably won’t recognize her at all.
Producer Peter Weir already cast Mel Gibson but he had a hard time finding the right actor to portray photographer Billy Kwan. Initially, it was Australian dancer David Atkins who got the part, but Gibson didn’t feel like playing alongside him, so it was decided that Linda gets the role.
“The sets were being built in Manila and time was of the essence,” Weir told The New York Times in 2019. “The casting agent said he had a possible Billy Kwan called L. Hunt. Later it was revealed she was a woman. We were desperate, we gave her a shot and it was brilliant.”
At that point, Linda already had a career in theater, and when she was offered the role, she was both happy and confused.
“I didn’t quite understand what I was there for; I talked to the casting director about it and he just said, ‘This would be a part that you would play as a man,’” she told The Daily Beast. “I said, ‘Holy shit,’ and laughed.”
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She wanted the script to be changed and that she portrayed a woman’s character instead, but that was out of question.
“I said this would change the entire story and there was a silence,” Weir recalled. “‘Could you play a man?’ I asked her and there was a longer silence. ‘Only if you believe in me,’ she replied.”
She was told to wear a wig, pieces of rubber over her eyes to make her more “oriental,” and a mustache, but she looked herself in the mirror – and asked them to take all “this shit off.” The NCIS star wanted to do it her way if she was to do it at all.
“I didn’t try to pass myself off as a man; the movie wasn’t about that,” Hunt told the New Straits Times.
From that moment on, she never stopped getting roles and became a huge name in the industry.
For the past 10 years, she played the role of Operations Manager Henrietta “Hetty” Lange in NCIS and appeared in 280 episodes.
People got worried for her when she didn’t appear in season 12, but that was because she was extremely cautious with the COVID-19 and feared for her health. But not that she’s fully vaccinated, she continued filming and her fans are over the moon with that news.
When it comes to her love life, Linda has been married for ten years with Karen Kline, whom she has been dating for a lot more years.
They both tend to keep their private lives away from the public eye, so what we know of them is that they don’t have any children, but have three dogs and live in a beautiful Hollywood home built back in 1919. Recently, they opened the doors to their home for Los Angeles Times.
Linda Hunt’s net-worth is estimated at $12 million. She’s now 76 years old, and from what we can see, she’s not planning on slowing down when it comes to her successful career which spans many years.
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The lives of the British royals have always been of much interest to the public, and Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales, who is a much-loved member of the family, is not an exception. What’s most, the media follows her every move, and that includes her parenting style, her choice of outfits, and her leisure time activities among the rest.
As much as being appreciated as a Princess, Kate is often praised for the way she raises her children.
Both she and William tend to teach George, Charlotte, and Louis to live by certain values and have normal childhood, as much as that is possible.
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When it comes to George, who is second in line of succession to the British throne, it is known that he is already well aware of the future that awaits him. His parents make sure he knows he would become a king one day and expect from him to act accordingly when the time comes for such a huge role.
William and Kate tend to impose a healthy lifestyle on the kids, and that includes plenty of physical activities.
At the same time, Kate and William are involved in a huge number of royal engagements which they execute to perfection and are the true representation of what the royal family stands for, and that’s tradition and loyalty.
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However, since the passing of late Queen Elizabeth, Kate has gotten involved in even more royal engagements and she seems to be carrying a lot of weight on her shoulders.
According to royal correspondent Jenny Bond, Kate and William’s workload was crazy following the queen’s death.
“It’s been a brutal [work] schedule for William and Catherine and they’ve got a very young family,” Bond told OK!, adding, “I think the work-life balance must have been difficult these past few weeks and, let’s face it, it’s not going to get any easier with their new responsibilities.”
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Royal expert Katie Nicholl, author of the new book The New Royals, said it hasn’t just had an effect on William and Kate’s work-life balance but on their personal lives as well as they both experienced stress and even anxiety.
“They’ve said that themselves… that this hasn’t been the settling period that they had hoped for,” Nicholl said on TalkTV’s show TheRoyal Tea.
“Of course, they made that big move just after the summer holidays to move to Windsor. A significant and pretty bold move leaving Kensington Palace, enrolling the children in new schools, and setting up a new life for themselves in Windsor,” she added.
“I think, really, so that they could be below the radar and have this normal family life which they are pretty successful in having. Of course, no one could have expected that the queen would have died just at the start of all of that. Very, very difficult times. I think behind the scenes there is a fair bit of stress and anxiety for all of the family.”
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A source speaking to OK! told the magazine that the Prince and Princess of Wales have to juggle royal responsibilities and raise their three children simultaneously, which isn’t easy at times.
“William and Kate have been put in a very difficult position of choosing between the right path for their family or the future of the monarchy. Both are very important to them, but they have decided to put their children first while they are so young.”
However, with the children being on their autumn half-term holidays from school, which began on October 13 and will last until October 31, Kate will take a short break from her public royal engagements too. Instead, she will spend more time with her children.
Prince William is set to attend the Earthshot Prize Award, but Kate won’t be joining him because she wants to help George prepare for his exams.
“The Princess will not be attending. Prince George has exams that week, and the Princess wants to be at home to support him,” a source told The Mirror.
We are glad our favorite Princess is getting the much-deserved holiday.
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Three’s Company actress Suzanne Somers died aged 76, a day before her 77th birthday.
Suzanne had been battling breast cancer for many years, and now her friends reveal that they tried to convince her to go through chemotherapy, but she opted to do alternative treatments instead.
Suzanne Somers was born Suzanne Marie Mahoney on October 16, 1946, in San Bruno, California.
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She was raised by her mother, and her abusive father. Suzanne attended catholic school but was soon expelled because she was caught exchanging love letters. She then attended Capuchino High School in San Bruno from where she eventually graduated.
Suzanne’s life changing moment came when she got a small role in George Lucas’ film American Graffiti. “This is a life-changing moment. Five seconds on film that will never be forgotten,” she said, adding that Lucas told her, “Everybody will always remember the mysterious blonde in the Thunderbird.”
She was offered the role in Three’s Company after she got a gig at The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, where she began reading poetry in front of a national audience every month.
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The role of Chrissy Snow helped Suzanne make a name for herself.
“I am really proud of creating that dumb blonde cause she had a moral code. She was lovable,” she said of the character she played.
At some point, when she reached a celebrity status, Suzanne caused a stir when she asked for a 500% raise. Instead of the $30,000 she made weekly, she asked for $150,000, the same amount of money her male co-star John Ritter earned at the time.
Instead of meeting her demands, Suzanne Somers was fired.
“I’ve been playing what I think is one of the best dumb blondes that’s ever been done, but I never got any credit,” she told The New York Times the same year. “I did it so well that everyone thought I really was a dumb blonde.”
Suzanne had battled breast cancer for over two decades.
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It was back in 2001 that she revealed her diagnosis on Larry King Live, explaining that she had been diagnosed the year prior.
“In the last year I have been battling and surviving breast cancer, and I was in that clinic, and it all has to do with my breast cancer,” Somers told Larry King. “But it just, you know – I have had such an honest relationship with the American public. I mean, I have written books on alcoholism, and blending families, and they have been with me on my ups and downs and sides. And this was just one of those things – I think the most shocking words I ever thought, I never thought, I would ever in my life hear someone say to me that you have bIn reast cancer. And it was – it has been so…”
Suzanne continued, “I was in such shock. I’m very strong, and I was in such shock because I have always taken care of myself, and, I just thought, it would never happen to me, but I think that is what everybody thinks; it won’t happen to them. And, what’s interesting is what you learn about yourself when you are diagnosed with cancer. And cancer is not for sissies.”
She then spoke to a number of doctors who all advised that chemo is the way to approach her cancer, but she decided to turn to alternative medicine instead.
“As I’m hearing the common course of treatment, I – I don’t want to lose my hair, but that was the least of my worries was losing my hair. But I – I don’t like what that drug does to people. What I have seen… Chemotherapy. I have seen people under treatment, there is, you know, I know it helps people. I know it helps.
“It does [work for breast cancer], but I decided to find alternative things to do,” she continued. “Because I have done so much work in my books about hormones, and that hormonal balance is why people gain or lose weight, and, it was my belief that a balanced environment of hormones prevents disease. And the first thing they said to me, we are taking of off all hormones. I said no, I’m going to continue taking my hormones, which is the first thing against the common course…
“I didn’t want chemotherapy.”
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At some point, it was revealed that Suzanne was getting treatments for cancer while on Three’s Company. In fact, she was treated for cancer three times during that time.
“Even when I was Chrissy on Three’s Company, I had had cancer three times,” Suzanne told CBS News in 2020.
“They call it severe hyperplasia in your uterus. I didn’t make a big deal about it,” she continued, adding that she also had malignant melanoma in her back in her 30s.
Suzanne lived with cancer for many years, and around six months ago, it looked like she had been finally healed, as per husband Alan Hamel. Sadly, as he shared with Page Six, the cancer returned once again.
Speaking to CBS, Suzanne said in a separate statement, “As one of millions of cancer patients, we do our best not to let this insidious disease control us. I find bliss in each day.”
Her cancer free days, however, were short-lived.
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On October 15, her publicist shared the devastating news of her passing.
“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,” Somers’ longtime publicist R. Couri Hay wrote in a statement on behalf of the actress’ family.
“Suzanne was surrounded by her loving husband Alan, her son Bruce, and her immediate family,” the statement continued. “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.”
Further, Hay told People, “There were all these plans, and she was always working and dreaming and had brought her family into the business, and the grandchildren and step-children were all part of the business,” adding that Suzanne was “very engaged right to the end.”
Months prior to her passing, Suzanne explained that they had “used the best alternative and conventional treatments to combat it.” Many of her family and friends, however, didn’t like her approach to fighting the disease.
As per Daily Mail, they were trying to convince her to ditch the alternative medicine and turn to chemo instead.
“She was advised by several people to consider the more conventional approach, but she did not listen,” a source close to Somers told the Daily Mail. “She really only found out that the cancer was back at the beginning of summer so she didn’t have that long to really do anything other than accept it.”
The source continued, “She has always rejected chemo, so it wasn’t even an option. Her friends and loved ones urged her to reconsider so many times during her cancer battles and at the end. She never regretted her decisions, and she was prepared to go. She believed that she lived a life beyond her wildest dreams and truly made a dent in the world.”
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The source added that the actress was aware her time to leave the world was nearing and that she had the time to say goodbye to her loved ones.
“The timing of her passing was a blessing because her loved ones were there. She was able to say her goodbyes to everyone she loved, which was so many people. She was accepting of her fate and went with dignity.”
Her husband of many years revealed the last moments of his late-wife’s life.
“We were in bed together, and her breathing was erratic, and I had been talking to her for hours,’ he said.
“There was no response except when I kissed her, she responded, and then around five o’clock in the morning, she was gone.”
Rest in peace, Suzanne Somers.
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