Alan Hamel is a Canadian entertainer, producer, and television host.
He is known for co-hosting the Canadian children’s television series Razzle Dazzle from 1961 to 1964.
He also hosted two syndicated game shows in the late 1960s: Wedding Party (1968) and Anniversary Game (1969), where he first met Suzanne Somers, whom he later married in 1977.
Who is Alan Hamel?
Alan Hamel was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He attended Ryerson University where he majored in Radio and Television Arts.
He began his professional career appearing on the television series, “Midnight Zone’. He then went on to become a household name as the host of the children’s series, “Razzle Dazzle”.
The show featured a talking turtle, Howard. In the late 1960s he hosted two syndicated game shows which aired on all the ABC owned and operated TV stations as well as others: Wedding Party (1968) and Anniversary Game (1969), where he first met Suzanne Somers, whom he later married in 1977.
In the late 1970s, he hosted The Alan Hamel Show, a popular daytime talk show on CTV. People magazine considered him “Canada’s leading TV talk show host”.
During that time, he hosted the ill-fated People television series on CBS for a few months in 1978.
After Hamel stepped down as host in 1980, fellow Canadian Alan Thicke took over and the show was retitled The Alan Thicke Show and, later, Don Harron continued the franchise as host of his own eponymous talk show that aired in the same time slot.
For several years during the late 1970s and early 1980s, Hamel was a commercial pitchman for American Stores, a coast-to-coast chain of supermarkets.
Specifically, he did advertisements for Alpha Beta stores in the western United States, and also appeared in occasional spots for Acme Markets in the northeastern United States.
Hamel eventually became a producer, often working on projects involving his wife. He occasionally performed as an actor as well, also sometimes on Somers’ shows.
Alan Hamel Wife
Alan and Suzanne were married from 1977 until her death in October 2023 at the age of 76 (one day before her 77th birthday), from cancer.
Suzanne had previously been married to a man named Bruce Somers.
Suzanne married Bruce in 1965 when she was 19. The same year they married, they welcomed a son named Bruce Jr. Suzanne and Bruce divorced in 1968.
About Alan Hamel Children
Alan Hamel has two biological children named Stephen and Leslie from his first marriage to Marilyn Hamel.
He is also the stepfather to his wife’s son, Bruce Somers Jr.
How did Suzanne Somers die?
“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 shared 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.”
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