“For that brief moment, it was unbelievable.
But indeed, she has passed.
She beautifully passed through my life on this leg of her endless journey.

Joyce DeWitt, Suzanne Somers, and Patrick Duffy.Gustavo Caballero/Getty Images; Paul Archuleta/Getty Images; Michael Tullberg/Getty Images
My task now is to remain on the roadside as she continues on.”
His statement continued: “But the dialogue of deep and thoughtful, and silly and frivolous continues.
My conversations with her now will be held solely through my daily Buddhist practice.”
“It is the painful beauty of our present human reality.
Similarly, Joyce DeWitt, a costar of Somers onThree’s Company, offered a statementto PEOPLE.
“My heart goes out to Suzanne’s family,” DeWitt said.
“They are a very close family deeply connected and caring one to the other.
I can only imagine how difficult this time is for all of them.”