I had to give up martinis - I enjoyed them too much.

Her daughter Leslie from Somers' first marriage died in 2003 from lung cancer. She would reiterate that point in future interviews. During a 2002 interview Somers denied rumors that Brett Somers had suffered from cancer.

She was best known as a panelist on the 1970s game show Match Game and for her recurring role as Blanche Madison opposite her real life husband Jack Klugman on The Odd Couple.