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'We were a family' Growing Pains stars reunite to remember Alan Thicke five months after his death

Published: 17:56 EST, 17 May 2017 | Updated: 10:52 EST, 18 May 2017

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Growing Pains' Jeremy Miller, Tracey Gold, and Joanna Kerns reunited on Thursday's episode of the Dr. Oz Show to remember their late co-star Alan Thicke.

The Golden Globe nominee - who died age 69 of a 'type-A aortic dissection' on December 13 - played psychiatrist and stay-at-home dad Dr. Jason Seaver on the ABC sitcom.

48-year-old Tracey played Dr. Seaver's bookish daughter Carol, and she revealed her eerie episode right before Thicke's death.

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Mourning: Growing Pains' Jeremy Miller, Tracey Gold, and Joanna Kerns reunited on Thursday's episode of the Dr. Oz Show to remember their late co-star Alan Thicke

RIP: The Golden Globe nominee - who died age 69 of a 'type-A aortic dissection' on December 13 - played psychiatrist and stay-at-home dad Dr. Jason Seaver on the ABC sitcom (pictured December 2)

'I was walking to meet my husband at his work and I started to feel this rush over me,' the All Hallows' Eve actress explained.

'I felt dizzy and that never happens to me. I never get sick, knock on wood, but I'm like, "Bobby, I need to sit down." That's my husband. I'm like, "I don't feel well." I didn't even think I should get behind the wheel and drive.

'I sat for a few minutes and it sort of passed, but it was a very surreal experience and it was so weird. It was too obvious to ignore it. You know, when I thought back on it that was the exact time [he passed].'

40-year-old Jeremy - who played his rambunctious son Ben - recalled the last day he and Gold spent with Alan in Chicago.

'I started to feel this rush over me!' 48-year-old Tracey (M) played Dr. Seaver's bookish daughter Carol, and she revealed her eerie episode right before Thicke's death

'He was so generous': 40-year-old Jeremy - who played his rambunctious son Ben - recalled the last day he and Gold spent with Alan in Chicago

'We were just doing an autograph signing and we got to sit there and just talk and tell stories and mess around all day and it was really special,' Miller remembered.

'I'm working on a new project and I got to show him and Tracey the one sheet that we had just put together that we were using for our pitch package. And, you know, even with everything going on, Alan being Alan, on the phone, doing autographs, selling his book, doing this, working, taking meetings.

'[And] he still took me aside, you know, talked to me about the show, gave me a little advice, you know that's just who he was. He was so generous with his time, with his energy.'

And 64-year-old Joanna - who played his reporter wife Maggie - said the Canadian star was 'a great guy' and that they all 'loved him.'

'Heartbroken': Noticeably missing was Seavers' eldest son Mike played by the born-again Christian Kirk Cameron, who sent over a 'touching' video in his absence

Grief: Dr. Oz enlisted reporter Michael Yo (L) to examine how and why Alan passed away so suddenly after a game of hockey with his 19-year-old son Carter in Burbank

The Insider co-host said: '[Alan] put his wife and his family first all the time. He was all about family. And it's just so sudden and I think that's why we're still shook'

'We were a family,' Kerns stated.

'We spent, you know, 10, 12 hours together a day sometimes. Sometimes we were with Alan and each other more than we were with our regular family. But, we miss him. We miss him.'

Noticeably missing was Seavers' eldest son Mike played by the born-again Christian Kirk Cameron, who sent over a 'touching' video in his absence.

Dr. Oz enlisted reporter Michael Yo to examine how and why Alan passed away so suddenly after a game of hockey with his 19-year-old son Carter at Pickwick Gardens in Burbank.

As long as we got each other: The Long Island-set series ran for seven seasons spanning 1985-1992, and it scored two Emmy Awards (for lighting direction) and three Golden Globe nods

Claim to fame: Oscar winner Leonardo DiCaprio (M) - who attended Thicke's December 19 funeral - played homeless teen Luke Brower in the final season of Growing Pains

Shananana! The eighties show also spawned two TV movies - The Growing Pains Movie (2000) and Growing Pains: Return of the Seavers (2004) - as well as spin-off, Just the Ten of Us (1988)

'The one thing I want everyone to know about Alan - he put his wife and his family first all the time,' The Insider co-host said.

'He was all about family. And it's just so sudden and I think that's why we're still shook.'

The Long Island-set series ran for seven seasons spanning 1985-1992, and it scored two Emmy Awards (for lighting direction) and three Golden Globe nominations.

'Very sad': Fans can catch Alan's final screen performances this year in Brian Herzlinger's family flick Love's Last Resort and Dito Montiel's comedy The Clapper

Oscar winner Leonardo DiCaprio - who attended Thicke's December 19 funeral - famously played homeless teen Luke Brower in the final season of Growing Pains.

The eighties show also spawned two TV movies - The Growing Pains Movie (2000) and Growing Pains: Return of the Seavers (2004) - as well as spin-off, Just the Ten of Us (1988).

Fans can catch Alan's final screen performances this year in Brian Herzlinger's family flick Love's Last Resort and Dito Montiel's comedy The Clapper.