Alan Hamel and Suzanne Somers.Photo:Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
SinceSuzanne Somers’ death, her husbandAlan Hamelsays several weird occurrences around his home have convinced him of the existence of an afterlife.
According to Hamel, 87, three “strange” things happened on the same day, starting with a hummingbird gone rogue, he toldPage Sixin a new interview.
The bird flew into Hamel and Somers’Palm Springs, California, home— whereSomers diedlast October — making several laps before it “hovered” right in front of a framed photo of the couple, he said.
After hovering, it even “landed on top and stayed there,” Hamel added.
“No one’s ever heard of this guy,” he added.
Finally, as Hamel was about to shut his eyes at the end of the day, he said he could “feel her laying beside me.”
Suzanne Somers and Alan Hamel in 1980.Harry Langdon/Getty Images
Harry Langdon/Getty Images
Before Somer’s died — afterher breast cancer spreadthroughout her body — Hamel said he did not necessarily believe in an afterlife. In fact, the couple even “joked” about it together.
“We joked about when one of us passed, it would likely be me because I’m 10 years older,” he said, recalling that Somers had told him, “Knowing you, you’ll be on your way back before you’ve left.”
Now, Hamel is a staunch “believer” in the afterlife.
“I’m convinced of it,” he affirmed. “I think there’s something we don’t understand. I think there’s a plane somewhere … after we discard our bodies.”
“We still have our soul. I think our soul is energy," he continued. “The soul must go somewhere and do something.”
“The time when I’m with my family … and I have one of my moments when I have to leave, I go into the bedroom … I’m alone there. And I feel her presence,” he shared.
“I hope it’s all true,” he said of the afterlife, noting that believing in it “certainly makes the grieving process a lot easier.”
And, “if it is, we’ll be reunited,” he added.
Alan Hamel and Suzanne Somers.George Pimentel/WireImage
George Pimentel/WireImage
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Hamel and Somers were married for more than four decades. After her death, Somers’ publicist shared with PEOPLEa love poemthat Hamel had given his wife a day before she died.
Penned in all caps, the poem read, in part: “LOVE. THERE IS NO VERSION OF THE WORD THAT IS APPLICABLE TO SUZANNE. THE CLOSEST VERSION IN WORDS ISN’T EVEN CLOSE. IT’S NOT EVEN A FRACTION OF A FRACTION OF A FRACTION.”
“55 YEARS TOGETHER, 46 MARRIED AND NOT EVEN ONE HOUR APART FOR 42 OF THOSE YEARS,” he continued. “EVEN THAT DOESN’T DO IT. EVEN GOING TO BED AT 6 O’CLOCK AND HOLDING HANDS WHILE WE SLEEP DOESN’T DO IT. STARING AT YOUR BEAUTIFUL FACE WHILE YOU SLEEP DOESN’T DO IT. THERE ARE NO WORDS. THERE ARE NO ACTIONS. NO PROMISES. NO DECLARATIONS. WE ARE ONE. I AM IN LOVE WITH YOU, MY BEAUTIFUL SUZANNE, FOR ALL OF ETERNITY.”
source: people.com
