Posted on 04/22/2017 10:49:35 PM PDT by Morgana
FULL TITLE: Henry Winkler and Ron Howard lead tributes to their Happy Days co-star Erin Moran after actress who played feisty teenager Joanie Cunningham dies aged 56 'of a suspected heroin overdose'
Erin Moran, who shot to fame playing teenager Joanie Cunningham in 1970s sitcom Happy Days, has died age 56.
Authorities found Moran’s body in Indiana following a call about an ‘unresponsive female at around 4pm Saturday.
A source told DailyMail.com that Moran, who lived in a trailer park in New Salisbury, Indiana, died of a suspected heroin overdose.
Her co-stars including Henry Winkler and Ron Howard were quick to pay tribute to her with poignant messages on Twitter.
Winkler, who played Arthur ‘Fonzie’ Fonzarelli in the show, tweeted, 'OH Erin, now you will finally have the peace you wanted so badly here on earth, Rest In It serenely now, too soon,' just moments after her death was announced.
Howard, who played Richie Cunningham, tweeted in tribute to his on-screen little sister, saying: 'Such sad sad news. RIP Erin. I'll always choose to remember you on our show making scenes better, getting laughs and lighting up tv screens.'
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Will never understand why she never did anything after Happy Days. Even Opie did some movies/tv shows. She had talent and the looks. She should have stayed clean something would have came along.
“Very sad but also posted a little earlier two or three times.”
Oh come on who did not watch “Happy Days”? We all loved “Short cake”.
Seen more than a few times in obituaries of fairly young people:
“Died suddenly”
“Died unexpectedly”
Could be suicide or an undiagnosed
congenital heart condition but may well
be opiod overdose.
Happy Days Opening Into
Season 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHN5U_j4_o0
Season 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMEQEK_XFfQ
Season 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XPV4l9xh20
This was a show that evolved. The Posting Police don’t get me down on this one. Loved this show too much.
You should do some research into the addictive personality. It doesn't work like that.
OH, I thought she died long ago ... in most every scene in Happy Days. Thanks social media for bringing death to our doorstep daily. Where canned laughter, bad scripts enforced with inane dialogue can live forever. And triflings are force fed becoming paramount pablum, that relentless bombardment clouding the consequential.
I have them all around me
She probably made enough she would never have to work again.
Of course she chose drugs.
It’s frustrating to think about these people who seemingly have it all and still blow it.
MC Hammer and Robin Williams come to mind.
Actually she worked pretty consistently until 2012. No hits though. But you don’t get to control what’s a hit.
Big Pharma had to be sued info admitting their painkillers are addictive and adding warnings to the label. But hey, as.long as the stock price is up.
great insight - never thought of the direct line of sellers of opium to Chinese to sellers of Heroin to Americans - always state actors
"...MC Hammer..."
Then, you know there’s no helping these people. The only person that can help them is themselves, and that’s not going to happen till they hit (their respective) bottom, assuming “bottom” isn’t death.
People who want zero pain will find whatever to get there. Ain’t the fault of pharma. Lax docs who like to write scrip have been around forever
Just ask any entertainer
I was sitting here wondering what I hate worse, drugs or cancer.
Some will say that druggies bring it on themselves, but you still have to feel sorry for their families.
Cancer seems to have more innocent victims.
I guess they are both in the top 5 of things I hate.
I just posted a thread and got a posting police narc that called an admin on my thread title. Do people not have better things to do?
I just posted a thread and got a posting police narc that called an admin on my thread title. Do people not have better things to do?
Did you make up your own title maybe?
nope I took it from another article.
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