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- NAME: Brett Somers
- OCCUPATION: Television Actress, Television Personality
- BIRTH DATE: July 11, 1924
- DEATH DATE: September 15, 2007
- PLACE OF BIRTH: New Brunswick, Canada
- PLACE OF DEATH: Westport, Connecticut
- Originally: Audrey Johnston
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Brett Somers was a TV actress and personality perhaps best known for her appearances on Match Game, the top game show during much of the 1970s.
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She continued to perform after being diagnosed with cancer.
In 2005, Somers reunited with Jack Klugman onstage in Danger, People at Large, three short comedies presented at Fairfield University. It was the first time in three decades that the former couple had performed together.
Although Somers' cancer had been in remission, it returned in an inoperable form in 2007. Brett Somers died of stomach and colon cancer on September 15,
2007 at her home in Westport, Connecticut.
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