Overview

• Alan Hamel, 88, confirmed he has been dating Joanna Cassidy, 79, for several months.
• Cassidy co-starred with Somers in the 1985 miniseries Hollywood Wives and first met Hamel on The Alan Hamel Show in the 1970s.
• The pair were reintroduced by Hamel’s son Stephen at a film screening and have been photographed arm-in-arm in Malibu wearing matching hats.
• Somers died of breast cancer on Oct. 15, 2023, just before her 77th birthday, after a 12-year battle with the disease.
• Hamel says Somers urged him to find happiness after her passing and that he values Cassidy’s companionship as he enters the ‘cocktail hour’ of his life.