Posted on 04/22/2017 6:38:34 PM PDT by Steven Scharf
Erin Moran who famously played Joanie Cunningham on "Happy Days" and its spinoff "Joanie Loves Chachi" has died ... TMZ has learned.
We're told authorities in Indiana got a call just after 4 PM ET Saturday from someone reporting an "unresponsive female." EMT's arrived and found Erin Moran's body ... she was already dead.
Moran shot to spotlight in the early 70s when she was cast on "Happy Days" as Joanie, the younger sister of Ron Howard's character. She continued the role in 1982 alongside Scott Baio in "Joanie Loves Chachi" but the show only lasted one season.
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Ahhhh poor Erin. Sad stuff and she didnt age very well either. We are a product of our choices.
Oh, too bad.
i remember hearing years later how the Fonz deflowered her as a very young age..
That looks like the “mobile” site. I went to http://www.tmz.com directly and that came up fine.
If Moran was her real name she probably was somewhat predisposed to become alcoholic.
Her first name, her last name, her blue eyes and wavy brown hair, and her freckled skin all screams IRISH!!!!
So yes, like me, I’m sure she has tipped a few.
I had not heard that but have read that she and Chachi were having a torrid affair during the show.
Thanks!
I thought she was cute. Very sad to hear she has passed away.
Sad. May she rest in God’s eternal peace.
She was a good little actress. I remember in one episode of Happy Days, Joanie has a crush on Potsie and he sings, “Put Your Head on My Shoulder” to her.
I always thought Erin Moran favored Adrienne Barbeau a little a bit.
She was one year older than I am... it’s sad... what a waste.
Me too BoT
Her, Donny Most and Anson Williams were at a DragonCon quite a few years back.
She seemed to be doing OK then. The panel with the three of them was entertaining.
That might have been the last Con we went to.
She never did much for me but that’s one guy’s opinion.
RIP Erin.
Erin Moran was an adorable child. Are we talking about the same person?
Very sorry to hear this.
Ironic? How so?
Yes, and you’re from a genetic pool that takes it up the poop chute!
Jeez. I can’t believe you said that.
Go back and look at her in the first 5 years of Happy Days. She is not pretty at all. But then she grew into her face and she developed a body. And everything change.
RIP Joanie Cunningham.
I remember when I got back from a deployment from Korea and I heard the guy on TV say “Joanie Loves Chachi” was on next... I stop what I was doing and said WTF? No, really!? Has American TV really changed THIS much in just 6 weeks!?
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