Suzanne Somers’ Widower Believes in ‘an Afterlife’ Because ‘Strange’ Things Happened at Home After Star’s Death

After the death of Suzanne Somers, her husband Alan Hamel says that several strange events in his house convinced him of the existence of an afterlife.

According to Hamel, 87, three “strange” things happened on the same day, starting with the hummingbird becoming a vagrant, he said Page six in a new interview.

The bird flew into Hamel and Somers’ home in Palm Springs, Calif. — where Somers died last October — making several circles before “hovering” right in front of a framed photo of the couple, he said.

After hovering, it even “landed on top and stayed there,” Hamel added.

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After the hummingbird’s visit, the widower said his fireplace not only started “on its own,” but music by Suzanne’s favorite composer — an obscure artist, according to Hamel — began playing.

“Nobody’s ever heard of this guy,” he added.

Finally, as Hamel was about to close his eyes at the end of the day, he said he could “feel it lying next to me.”

Suzanne Somers and Alan Hamel in 1980.

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Before Somer died — after breast cancer spread throughout her body — Hamel said he didn’t necessarily believe in an afterlife. In fact, the couple even “joked” about it together.

“We used to joke that if one of us dies, it’ll probably be me because I’m 10 years older,” he said, recalling Somers telling him, “Knowing you, you’ll be back before you’re left.”

Now, Hamel is a staunch “believer” in the afterlife.

“I am convinced of that,” he confirmed. “I think there is something we don’t understand. I think there’s a plane somewhere…after we dispose of our bodies.”

“We still have our soul. I think our soul is energy,” he continued. “The soul has to go somewhere and do something.”

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Apart from the “strange” experiences, he said her constant presence around him also changed his mind.

“When I’m with my family… and I have one of my moments where I have to leave, I go into the bedroom… I’m alone there. And I feel her presence,” he said.

“Once I feel her presence, I go back and communicate with the family,” he said, adding that Somers’ “grandchildren, one by one, told me the same thing.”

“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 will reunite,” he added.

Alan Hamel and Suzanne Somers.

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Hamel and Somers were married for more than four decades. After her death, Somers’ publicist shared with PEOPLE the love poem Hamel gave his wife the day before she died.

Written in capital letters, the poem read in part: “LOVE. THERE IS NO VERSION OF THE WORD APPLICABLE TO SUZANNE. THE CLOSEST VERSION TO THE WORDS IS NOT EVEN CLOSE. NOT EVEN KROLIĆ KRADIĆ.”

“55 YEARS TOGETHER, 46 IN BRANCO AND NOT ONE HOUR AWAY IN THOSE 42 YEARS,” he continued. “EVEN THAT DOESN’T MATTER. EVEN GOING TO BED AT 6 O’CLOCK AND HOLDING HANDS WHILE WE SLEEP DOESN’T COUNT DO IT. STEERING AT YOUR BEAUTIFUL FACE WHILE YOU SLEEP DOESN’T. NO WORDS. NO ACTIONS. NO PROMISES. NO STATEMENTS. WE ARE ONE. I AM IN LOVE WITH YOU, MY BEAUTIFUL SUZANNE, FOR ALL ETERNITY.”

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