Suzanne Somers' Troubled Life Before Death Including Family Turmoil and Shocking Arrest Revisited

Having overcome many difficulties in her past, it was no surprise when the world embraced Suzanne Somers as one of America's sweethearts.

Her popularity skyrocketed with her role on the beloved sitcom "Three's Company" alongside her costars.

Revelations from Radar Online have uncovered a turbulent history for the late star, who passed away one day before her 77th birthday.

With a perpetual smile, Suzanne Somers has become an icon in Hollywood. Chris Mann, an expert on pop culture, remarked, "Suzanne is the ultimate Hollywood survivor. She has always been laughing her way to the bank."

Although she had a difficult upbringing with an alcoholic father, Suzanne was open about how it eventually helped her find liberation.

She wrote the transformation she had witnessed in her book, "Two's Company: A Fifty-Year Romance With Lessons Learned in Love, Life & Business."

"The great guy [he was] disappeared, and we faced a mean and frightening drunk. Gone was the laughter, and in its place were long nights of terror as my brother, sister, mother, and I hid away from him in a locked closet, hoping he wouldn't find us and would just pass out."

She noted that, despite her difficulties, Suzanne focused on the brighter side of things.

She declared, "The experience of dealing with his alcoholism and criticism has been a major influence in my life. I now understand that it was through these experiences that I became who I am today - and that learning to forgive is an incredibly freeing feeling."

By the time she was 24, the actress-singer had become a single mother and a model who was having difficulty making ends meet.

In 1969, she failed to pay her rent of $250 for an apartment in Lake Tahoe. Her landlord, Bert Jakobson, contacted the sheriff's department after she did not respond to his requests for payment.

Not long before, the blonde bombshell went to jail in San Francisco.

In March 1970, Suzanne was booked and had to pay $1,250 for bail.

Fortunately, her boyfriend, Steve Sooper, paid the bondsman so that she could be freed from jail. Subsequently, Suzanne made sure to return what she owed her landlord.

Seven years after her debut, Suzanne Somer's career skyrocketed when she was cast as the ditsy and fun-loving blonde Chrissy Snow in "Three's Company" alongside John Ritter and Joyce DeWitt.

However, things began to sour between Joyce and Suzanne in 1980 when her husband/manager Alan Hamel demanded that she be paid the same as Ritter, explicitly asking for a raise from $30k to $150k per week.

When producers refused this request, Suzanne failed to appear at some tapings, leading to an intense dispute.

In the same year she was fired from ABC's Emmy-winning comedy series, the entrepreneur decided to move on and not be "ostracized."

To do so, Suzanne began performing shows in Las Vegas and eventually created a fitness and skincare empire.

She made plenty of money through her Thigh Master product and best-selling books.

Despite suffering a devastating loss when her home in Malibu, California, burned down in 2007 before her death, she persevered.