Suzanne Somers' Co-Star Christine Lakin TEARS UP Remembering Late Icon (EXCLUSIV
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00:00 I was just kind of in a state of shock.
00:02 I really couldn't believe it.
00:03 She was such a fighter for so many years.
00:05 Even with the recent cancer coming back,
00:08 I don't think any of us were expecting this.
00:11 It's definitely a huge loss.
00:13 Christine was just 12 years old
00:14 when she met her on-screen stepmom, Suzanne.
00:17 Ooh, ooh, ooh, you are just, oh, very cute.
00:21 (laughs)
00:22 Very nervous, aren't you?
00:23 I can remember the first time I met her
00:25 and how incredibly warm she was
00:29 and how incredibly beautiful she was
00:31 and glamorous and had this just bigger-than-life persona,
00:36 but yet was so down-to-earth.
00:38 I have so many great memories,
00:39 and obviously they've been flooding through my mind
00:42 in the past day.
00:43 We would do really fun things at Thanksgiving and Christmas,
00:47 and she was always so generous,
00:49 especially towards the crew.
00:51 And when the Thighmaster came out,
00:53 she was the butt of a lot of jokes,
00:55 but she was laughing all the way to the bank,
00:56 and she knew it.
00:58 Christine's on-screen dad, Patrick Duffy,
01:00 who played Frank, the husband of Suzanne's character, Carol,
01:03 also sharing his own touching tribute,
01:05 telling "Access" in part,
01:06 "She became my dear friend on the first day we met,
01:09 "and it never faltered to this moment."
01:10 My favorite memory of this experience in my life
01:13 is coming in that room and meeting Suzanne.
01:15 They had such an incredible relationship.
01:17 It almost felt like you had these surrogate parents
01:21 that you could tell loved being around each other.
01:23 Ask her what Christine will remember most
01:25 about her time with Suzanne.
01:27 I remember a lot of things.
01:28 A lot of memories coming back.
01:35 She had the most wonderful touch.
01:43 She was so maternal to so many people,
01:46 and I think those of us who knew her
01:50 will always remember her as being that warmth.
01:54 I know I will.
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