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Close friends with actress Marcia Wallace who appeared frequently as a panelist on Match Game Daughter Leslie Klein , who was a product of Brett's first marriage to Robert Klein, died in of lung cancer. The estranged couple also made countless television appearances together.

Somers married Jack Klugman in and went by the name Brett Somers Klugman afterward, until the couple parted ways. They had two children, David Klugman and Adam Klugman.

She appeared on several episodes of The Odd Couple , playing "Blanche", the ex-wife of real-life husband Klugman's character, "Oscar Madison". The couple legally separated in but reportedly never divorced. In , a year after after Somers' death, Klugman married his long-time girlfriend, Peggy Crosby. Following her death, she was cremated and her ashes were interred at Memorial Garden at the Unitarian Church in Westport, Conneticut. Was friends with Gene Rayburn , and Fannie Flagg. Although she and Jack Klugman filed for divorce in , they were still married at the time of her death in You know, I'm a television personality.

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Tags: Betty White Exclusive game show hosts game shows. In the s, she became well-known for her appearances on the popular game show Match Game. Hosted by Gene Rayburn, contestants would try to match answers to nonsense questions presented by a panel of celebrities including Somers, Fannie Flag, Richard Dawson and Charles Nelson Reilly. Somers quick-witted quips made her a popular celebrity panelist on the show.

After moving to New York, Somers married and had a daughter, Leslie, before divorcing her first husband. In , she married Klugman, the actor who rose to fame as the star of the television shows The Odd Couple and Quincy.

They had two sons, Adam and David. Somers appeared on several episodes of The Odd Couple , playing Blanche Madison, the ex-wife of Klugman's character, sloppy sports writer Oscar Madison.