Read the Love Letter Suzanne Somers'

Husband Alan Hamel Wrote to Her the Day Before Her Death

Somers’ longtime publicist R. Couri Hay tells PEOPLE that Hamel "

gave it to her a day early and she read the poem and went to bed and later died peacefully in her sleep.”

Alan Hamel wrote a beautiful

poem to his wife of 46 years

Suzanne Somers that she read the night before she “

died peacefully in her sleep” on Sunday morning.

Somers’ longtime publicist R. Couri Hay tells PEOPLE that Hamel

87 — whom Somers had been married to since 1977 after dating for 10 years

gave it to her a day early and she read

the poem and went to bed and later died peacefully in her sleep

Written in all caps, the poem reads

LOVE I USE IT EVERY DAY, SOMETIMES SEVERAL TIMES A DAY

I USE IT AT THE END OF EMAILS TO MY LOVING FAMILY.

I EVEN USE IT IN EMAILS TO CLOSE FRIENDS

I USE IT WHEN I’M LEAVING THE HOUSE.”

Continuing

THERE’S LOVE, THEN LOVE YOU AND I LOVE YOU

THEREIN LIES SOME OF THE DIFFERENT WAYS WE USE LOVE