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'Happy Days' Star Erin Moran Dead At 56
TMZ ^ | 4/22/2017 | TMZ

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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To: 2111USMC

You have to turn off ad blockers and also enable java script.


21 posted on 04/22/2017 7:00:35 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s ("If you can remember the 60s........you weren't really there")
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To: Steven Scharf

Ahhhh poor Erin. Sad stuff and she didnt age very well either. We are a product of our choices.


22 posted on 04/22/2017 7:00:48 PM PDT by tflabo (Agent Able Deplore)
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To: Steven Scharf

Oh, too bad.


23 posted on 04/22/2017 7:03:12 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Quien vive? CRISTO! Y a su Nombre? GLORIA! Y a su pueblo? VICTORIA!)
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To: Steven Scharf

i remember hearing years later how the Fonz deflowered her as a very young age..


24 posted on 04/22/2017 7:03:23 PM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: 2111USMC

That looks like the “mobile” site. I went to http://www.tmz.com directly and that came up fine.


25 posted on 04/22/2017 7:05:29 PM PDT by jiggyboy (Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: yarddog

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.


26 posted on 04/22/2017 7:06:49 PM PDT by poinq
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To: God luvs America

I had not heard that but have read that she and Chachi were having a torrid affair during the show.


27 posted on 04/22/2017 7:07:16 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: ChildOfThe60s

Thanks!


28 posted on 04/22/2017 7:07:53 PM PDT by 2111USMC (Aim Small Miss Small)
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To: Steven Scharf

I thought she was cute. Very sad to hear she has passed away.


29 posted on 04/22/2017 7:08:45 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: Steven Scharf

Sad. May she rest in God’s eternal peace.


30 posted on 04/22/2017 7:09:16 PM PDT by LottieDah (If only those who speak so eloquently on behalf of animals would do so on behalf of the unborn.)
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To: Steven Scharf

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.


31 posted on 04/22/2017 7:09:55 PM PDT by Southnsoul
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Me too BoT


32 posted on 04/22/2017 7:13:29 PM PDT by MadLibDisease (Proudly residing in Dar-al-Harb since 1959)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

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.


33 posted on 04/22/2017 7:19:52 PM PDT by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: poinq

Erin Moran was an adorable child. Are we talking about the same person?


34 posted on 04/22/2017 7:20:35 PM PDT by utahagen
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To: Steven Scharf

Very sorry to hear this.


35 posted on 04/22/2017 7:24:26 PM PDT by TBP (0bama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: BeadCounter

Ironic? How so?


36 posted on 04/22/2017 7:27:12 PM PDT by LanaTurnerOverdrive ("I've done things in my life I'm not proud of. And the things I am proud of are disgusting.")
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To: yarddog

Yes, and you’re from a genetic pool that takes it up the poop chute!
Jeez. I can’t believe you said that.


37 posted on 04/22/2017 7:27:41 PM PDT by namvolunteer (Obama says the US is subservient to the UN and the Constitution does not apply. That is treason.9we)
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To: utahagen

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.


38 posted on 04/22/2017 7:30:55 PM PDT by poinq
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To: Steven Scharf

RIP Joanie Cunningham.


39 posted on 04/22/2017 7:31:17 PM PDT by Repeal 16-17 (Let me know when the Shooting starts.)
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To: yarddog

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!?


40 posted on 04/22/2017 7:36:50 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Keep fighting the Left and their Fake News!)
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