Erin Moran deat at 56

Oh God NOooooo!

Who is she, was she a newscaster?

No!

What will Chachi do?

Sad. I'm sorry that she never got her life together.

R2 too stupid for words.

[quote]What will Chachi do?

I wish it had been him instead.

Where's Scott Baio? Chachi needs to weigh in.

Wonder what she died of? She lost her mind I believe not unlike Shelley Duvall

Has anyone checked on Susan Richardson lately?

Oh how sad.

Chachi loves Trump now

I'm not stupid, I just isn't old. So who was she - was she on Golden Girls?

Yes r2. She did the "Happy Days" segment on WJM weeknights at 10.

Her sister Kelly could not be reached for comment.

As long as it wasn't America's Sweetheart.

(where is she anyway? I haven't seen her in awhile).

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She lost everything but her smile. SAD.

At the end he looked like a typical Trump supporter, like her ex Scott Baio.

The Curse of Scott Baio strikes again!

Sad, it's a piece of my childhood gone.

Didn't she accuse Henry Winkler of nefarious doings?

She died the way she lived.....as a hot mess

Can someone please check on Val Harper? These things always happen in threes.

I felt sorry she could have get her act together like Lauren Chapin from "Father Knows Best" did. She had such an appealing way about her as Joanie.

Fuck, I was planning a comeback series with her.

Tragic figure. I hope she rests in peace.

A Crying Shame.

Eh, she had a good run.

It makes me want to flush all my meth down the toilet.

So old.

So far, TMZ is the only one reporting this, so I hope they got it right. But damn, if her Wikipedia page hasn't already been updated

Has TMZ ever wrongly reported a celebrity death?

Oh my gosh... the fame curse strikes again. After 'Happy Days' and a spin off, she didn't seem able to get any good parts, perhaps because people still saw her as the 'Joanie' character.

In recent years I heard she was really down on her luck and living in a trailer park. I think she may have had issues with alcohol.

A few years ago some of the former cast members of 'Happy Days' went to court against CBS saying that they had been ripped off financially. In the end I believe that they might have got some money out of it but nowhere near the amount initially requested.

[quote]Has anyone checked on Susan Richardson lately?

No, if she's dead, let her lie there until her body starts to decompose and stink.

She accused Henry Winkler of rape.

Wikipedia has been updated.

You people are awful. A human being has died and all you're doing is cracking jokes. Show some fucking respect.

Somebody fetch r37 their smelling salts and a fainting couch stat

I can't breathe!

Wasn't Erin living in a trailer park? Seem like the Enquirer had an expose a few years ago.

She also accused Henry Winkler of sexually harassing her and Marion Ross on the set of Happy Days. She later had to recant it, probably under threat of lawsuit.

CNN and MSNBC haven't reported anything yet, so this story could still be a hoax.

R35 said she accused Winkler of rape. Which is it? Sexual harassment or rape?

I'm laughing as I type

Whatever she accused him of, it doesn't matter. Henry helped her out financially a couple of years back and tried to get her into rehab.

I wonder why Ron Howard never threw a little work her way. She could have had a decent supporting role in one of his movies. And Ron was one who never forgot where he came from.

Is Pinky Tuscadero still alive? I recall some poster insisting that she's dead, although her Wikipedia page says no such thing.

[quote]After 'Happy Days' and a spin off, she didn't seem able to get any good parts, perhaps because people still saw her as the 'Joanie' character.

Or maybe because she was a terrible actress?

Not to be overly cruel, but the reason Erin didn't have a career past Happy Days/Joanie Loves Chachi is because she was ugly.

R45 Yes, she is alive. From rumors she hasn't had the easiest life, like Erin.

This makes me sad. She was yet another kid forced into acting by her parents and probably manhandled by agents, producers, etc. That she never got it together as an adult is really sad, but some experiences can't be overcome.

Sorry to report, this is true. She has died.

R37, I agree. She may have been a mess, but she probably had mental issues. Sad.

Thank God R50 has weighed in with her credible source.

Probably drinking and drugs

The National Enquirer reported that the couple had moved into the 'rundown trailer park' after losing their California home to foreclosure.

'Erin was going out to bars and coming home at all hours of the night, sometimes with her rowdy bar friends, and Steve's mom just couldn't take it anymore,' a source told The National Enquirer.

The publication claimed Erin was 'bouncing' from motel to motel - most recently a Holiday Inn Express in Corydon, Indiana.

TMZ is reporting she hung herself from a window with a bedsheet and left 3 letters: One to her husband, one to her boyfriend, and one to her lesbian girlfriend.

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Variety has reported it.

The beautiful Holiday Inn Express in Corydon, Indiana.

That fucking Trump supporter,Chachi, didn't even help his friend, Joanie. How disgusting.

Someone hook up to the twitter feeds of the Happy Days stars and report what they are saying! I'll wait here!

R49: so true.

[quote]Thank God [R50] has weighed in with her credible source.

It's true. r50 lives in the same trailer park as Erin.

Damn! Bitch owed me money, too!

Just got a bulletin on my phone about it from CBS News. Definitely true.

And sad. May she rest in peace.

R-62 Fuck You

Anson Williams and Donny Most are absolutely distraught.

Now who will I play Bingo with every Wednesday at the Legion?

Couldn't Winkler have arranged a reverse mortgage for her?

I'm sure you sissies will try to blame Trump for her death.

Can't relate.

But who was she? Did she ever do a stint in Chicago or Cabaret? She wasn't very photogenic. Was she a legitimate actress? DL has some strange obsessions with these old nineties tv stars.

At least she didn't get fat.

Will there be an Erin Moran celebrity auction? Did she at least earn a People's Choice Award?

R71, 70s tv star. Read, maybe.

[quote]Couldn't Winkler have arranged a reverse mortgage for her?

Why should he? Ron Howard was the most successful of that bunch. He could have helped her and it wouldn't have even made a dent in his empire.

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I guess this means she won't be able to appear in the next "Battle of the Network Stars".

I hope she made the most of it.

She was never a classic beauty, but she looked good at one time.

Her final role (at the 00:35 sec. mark).

Today is not a happy day.

RIP, Erin.

Within the past month I'd watched a YouTube clip of the late Tom Bosley discussing his co-stars. He speaks of Erin at the 3:00 mark.

Of all the idiots here, the insufferable cow-frau at R81 takes the cake (and eats it all by herself).

A little analysis:

[R81: I haven't thought of this person since 1993 when she was in the Enquirer for living in a trailer, but I'll be damned if I'm going to miss yet another chance to pretend I give a shit despite my massive hemorrhoid problem AND to talk to dead former celebrity as if I am empowered to communicate with the deceased.

Idiot cunt.

r83 needs a Snickers/

Sad for her.

R83 = Suspended American Airlines Flight Attendant.

Maybe Chachi will commit suicide,that would be a HAPPY DAY.

I guess "Celebrity Swan" starring Miss Erin Moran isn't going to happen now. DAMMIT!

It's always sad when the attractive die.

Oh, wait . . .

She had pretty eyes. I think I was 4 years old when Joanie and Chachi came out? Remember my big sister being super-excited to watch it and having the Tiger Beat poster of Erin and Scott Baio on her wall.

She's lost that too r17

Do you think Penny Marshall ever tried to corner Erin Moran? Chachi was such a big star. Some Hollywood pervs must have fondled, diddled or blown him. Don't cha think?

We are late, you know. What was playing on her iPod?

sex=oooooooooooo

I remember Erin and Baio being a couple for quite a while. He was her first serious relationship.

[quote]Has anyone checked on Susan Richardson lately?

I'm in fine fettle!

She could have made a lot of money making TV star porn.

Bitches, you need to watch the clip at R82, the whole thing. How dare you dismiss another human soul.

The best part about r83 is that he didn't get r81's pun.

(R71). To answer your question, assuming you're too young to remember, she was one of the stars of Happy Days. The show was huge in the 70s when there were only 3 networks and no cable. She was the typical child star who never really worked after the show ended and spontaneously combusted. She seemed mentally ill. I had t heard the rumor of her accusations against Henry Winkler. It says something about his character that he tried to help her even after that.

Hank did love his shortcake

Does Kelly have her oxygen mask on? Welfare check please!

So sad. She dies of AIDS

RIP

The last thing I remember her doing was Celebrity Fit Club, and she was a mess on that too.

She was one of the least appealing characters on a show that wasn't really that great to begin with. She came across as a smug bitch. I think her 15 minutes of fame went to her head. I assume when fame disappeared, it really fucked with her head. Even though I was never a fan, it is sad to see how things turned out for her.

She always begged tom bosley to pull her finger

That program was truly abysmal

[quote]Can someone please check on Val Harper? These things always happen in threes.

Nah, Val will be fine. My prediction for the next two deaths are Katherine Helmond and Amanda Bynes.

Sit on it!

Valerie will live into her 80's.

My statement....

Well gang, it seems like I only ever talk to you at weddings and funerals these days, and since no one gets married anymore (except for you gays! why am i never invited?!) it feels like I'm writing the obituary column for the Sacramento Register! Oh, poor Erin Moran.

You know ol' Soos, I'm honest to a /fault, so I gotta tell you guys: I did not like Erin Moran at all. Yes, it was partly because she called me "Susan Bitchardson" at Battle of the Network Stars, which was real insensitive because I was feeling vulnerable after a nasty dustup with Jane Curtin (who is mean as snakes). But then when I screamed back at her, "Erin Moron", well, things got dark real quick. I don't KNOW that it was her who put A535 in the crotch of my swimsuit, but let's face it, it was pretty suspicious that she slipped a finger into me just as she was helping me into that kayak. She wasn't even on the team!

I didn't see her again until a celebrity autograph show in 1997, and I felt real bad for her. She asked me for a light on a break, and then asked for a cigarette, which, okay, was pretty funny. But then she said something that will haunt me until the day I die. She said, "Susan, if I had a nickel for every abortion I had, I'd have a dollar thirty-five. And I could use that money right now." Chills. There but for the grace of god, you know? Well, we patched things up after than -- turns out Jane Curtin had been a cunt to Erin as well. For the rest of the day whenever we saw each other, I'd yell, "MORON!" and she'd scream, "BITCHARDSON!"

I actually forgot about the part where we reconciled, so I guess I do like her after all. Well, liked. It's real important for women to have female friends, and that's the lesson I'll take from Erin's brief and painful life.

Tragedy of a child star. When Hollywood doesn't want you any longer, life can be so cruel and difficult to manage.

Much sadness tonight among the 50 something straight guy Twitter people.

R111, please make sure to polish off the rest of that bottle before you hit the sheets.

Scott Baio is too busy fuming about someone talking smack about him on Twitter to comment on his former co-star.

The Brady Bunch Girls were going to issue a joint statement, but uber bossy Marcia insisted on writing & reading it!

And it broke down into an aluminum chair swinging melee!

She was on a few episodes of Family Affair as Buffy's friend.

It's a shame Baio didn't drop dead instead.

With some major ass implants, She could have been a Kardashian

nobody mentioned Daktari?

Ahhhhhh, the late seventies/early eighties .............. EVERYONE was putting out pin up posters.

Poor man's Joyce Dewitt

Suing CBS wouldn't have been very helpful, especially as Happy Days was actually broadcast on ABC not CBS. .

Damn you 2017!

[quote]But then she said something that will haunt me until the day I die. She said, "Susan, if I had a nickel for every abortion I had, I'd have a dollar thirty-five. And I could use that money right now." Chills. There but for the grace of god, you know?

I love you, TV's Sweetheart troll.

A source told DailyMail.com that she died of a suspected heroin overdose

Too bad she couldn't get a reverse mortgage on her trailer.

I remember the rags running a story in the early 90s about her and Scott Baoi fucking like jackrabbits on the set of Happy Days. I think she mentioned in an article that she was sexually abused

Has Tony Moran (Michael Myers in Halloween when he's unmasked) commented on his sister's death?

[quote]'Erin was going out to bars and coming home at all hours of the night, sometimes with her rowdy bar friends, and Steve's mom just couldn't take it anymore,' a source told The National Enquirer.

So....Steve's mom murdered Erin???

R34=Betty Buckley

I recall Erin being on Howard Stern many years ago, this was when he was still on K-Rock. Erin ended up crying about something. I think Howard got her to talk about being molested. Howard never failed to get devastating and very personal info out of celebs. That's what he gets paid to do.

With his millions Howard could have helped her. Showbiz really sucks, there's so much money floating around, but how many celebrities truly care about each other? Very few are ever there to help former cast mates who fell on hard times, even to pay for rehab or buy them a foreclosed home, anything.

Tonight on Larry King LIVE, we talk about the death of Erin Moron from the hit show Happy....Days. On the phone we have child stars Jodie Foster and Neil Patrick Harris. Hello to both of you. So why did Erin not turn to homosexuality, like both of you did, to cope with the pressures of being a child star?

DAMN YOU, 2017!

Do we know how she died?

Can't you read?

And now we're back with Larry King LIVE. Here to talk to us about child stardom is Danny Pintotauro. Danny, why do you think Erin didn't turn to prostitution like you did when she was in financial difficulty?

I missed it, tell me how she died.

[quote]I missed it, tell me how she died.

She stopped breathing.

She died reading your idiotic comments R138. Something about the day humor died.

HOW. DID.SHE. DIE?

Ron Howard should have helped out, he's got enough money. And employed his troll brother all the time.

[quote]HOW. DID.SHE. DIE?

SHE'S FINE. SHE SENDS HER LOVE.

I AM REPORTING ALL OF YOU TO MURIEL!

HOW DID SHE DIE???

Heroin overdose

Thank you---they are sure of that? Because I can't find any legitimate news source for that information of overdose.

Where did she get money for heroin? Wasn't she living under a bridge?

Heroine overdose. She'd had enough of Sarah Jessica Parker stealing all her roles.

The Daily Mail is the source, and they always get everything right.

That's so weird, I was just thinking of her today because this guy looks like her.

Joanie Loves Karachi

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She got 65 grand from the lawsuit settlement according to Daily Mail. Maybe she turned from boozing to heroin after she got the money.

Erin was a total loser who got lucky. She had virtually no part in Happy Days until Richie left. Then the producers simply elevated her on screen time rather than bother to look for someone else. Fonzie was the star of the show and he was all that mattered. When she and Scott left, Happy Days replaced those two without a bump.

Later when Erin and Scott came crawling back that should've been a lesson for her, but she didn't learn. Like a lot of self entitled people she thought the world owes her a living.

She was distraught and finally decided she couldn't bear to live in a world without Aaron Hernandez.

Couldn't she do the autograph/convention circuit? Isn't that how George Takei makes a living?

[quote]Happy Days replaced those two without a bump.

Lesson learned: there's always a Cousin Oliver waiting in the wings.

Hopefully she didn't die like this.

Who can say if any of the Howards (Ron or Stern) might have assisted Erin along the way ??

Why didn't Ted McGinley help her?

She was funny on Happy Days, remember how she was always being sent to her room, remember the smoking episode, she was great, I have specific memories of her scenes., she was no loser.

Oh Joanie, NO

She's that old lady who liked to hang out at trailer parks and get drunk.

R156 She did do them for a time, but quit several years ago. Many Star Trek fans with throw their money to anything ST related, so I doubt she raked it in like he did.

She doesn't look too thrilled at this convention.

What would Mr C say, he couldn't cope with her smoking, how would he cope with her doing heroin?

The Fonz...

Some random thoughts:

Check her Wikipedia page. She had far more acting experience than just Happy Days.

Do a google search images. She had looks, even as a mature adult. She sure had it in the 1980's!

Anson Williams is VERY successful as a director. Go to his Wikipedia page. What, why didn't he throw some work her way? Why didn't Ron Howard ?

[quote]She doesn't look too thrilled at this convention.

That's just the heroin stare.

[quote]What, why didn't he throw some work her way? Why didn't Ron Howard ?

Donny Most should have got her a role on Glee. I'm sure he could have sweet talked Miss Murphy into writing a minor, yet pivotal, role for Erin.

Lucy was going to help Erin, but Garry Marshall talked her out of it.

I don't think people are obligated to throw work to a former colleague, r166. According to all reports, Erin Moran had tremendous psychological and substance abuse issues and was very unstable: why would you want to hire someone who could sabotage your production just because you worked with her when she was a child actress?

I enjoyed her cuckold porn gangbangs. She was popular in the park.

A few weeks ago, I saw her on a rerun of Diagnosis Murder. She seemed fine in 1998

Ron is too busy giving work to his conservative brother.

The people saying Rob Howard and/or the other cast members should have given her money are delusional. Firstly how do you know they've never helped her financially or offered her money on the condition she go to rehab first which she clearly didn't do. Secondly how many of you are in contact with someone you worked with decades ago? How many of you are financially bailing out former work colleagues from 40 years ago with rampant drug and alcohol issues? Would you be giving money to someone who you know will spend it on booze on and drugs? Let's see how many of you are offering to pay the mortgage of Gary from accounts in 2057.

Seriously just because it meant something to you doesn't mean it was ever more than a job for them. She was a grown ass woman who made bad choices and that's not the fault of her pretend brother from the 1970s

Maybe nobody helped her because she was a cunt.

Erin is the second "little sister" to die from a hit 70s sitcom within a short period. Three years ago, we lost Suzanne Crough at age 52, Tracy from the Partridge Family.

I hope someone is keeping an eye on Thindy Brady.

Sad life and sad news.

Has Marion commented yet?

The death of another Joan. Shouldn't this be on the Feud thread?

Little known fact;

Erin was Garry Marshall's first choice for 'Pretty Woman'

The studio forced the then lesser known Julia Roberts onto Marshall.

Thus Julia ruined yet another woman's life.

And Candy Spelling won't give Tori her rightful inheritance!!

She was a kind of cute and funny kid actress. But once she hit puberty forward, she was just terrible. She could NOT act. But, she was still better than that god awful Marion Ross cue card reader.

[quote]Has Marion commented yet?

Sunday, Monday, Happy Days. Tuesday, Wednesday, Happy Days. Thursday, Friday, Happy Days. Saturday - what a day.

I never noticed Marion reading cue cards.

[quote]I never noticed Marion reading cue cards.

See how good she was at it?

Maybe she had problems because she wasn't getting work? That could be a vicious circle. I think she would have been good in Pretty Woman.

But has Erin's frenemy, Lisa Whelchel, commented?

@patrickarmijo

Just talked with Happy Days Marion Ross - She's devastated by news of Erin Moran death. Had just been talking about her earlier in the day

She's great in the credits.

Thank God Beyonce is fine.

R46 it happened to many others in that show. They struggled to find acting careers afterwards because they were typecast.

A shame because 'Happy Days' was such a popular show. But some of the actors didn't seem to do too well out of it, or they didn't plan well.

Her mental problems, which became substance abuse problems, started when her divorced parents shipped her to the pedophile industry known as Hollywood. She was sexually abused as a child while her parents enabled it as she was getting a paycheck. Hollywood was, is and always will be controlled by the kiddie chasers.

Has Scott commented yet?

Yes r191 because it's that simple. You just need to be plan to be a movie star and then you are. Garry Marshall wanted her for Pretty Woman but the studio preferred Julia Roberts. What should she have put in her plan? Be more beautiful? Don't grow up to be homely?

Scott who?

She would have been perfect in Titanic or Moonstruck. She could play Bette Davis in Feud. Why didn't Ron Howard or Sandy Gallin do something more for her?

Gee I don't know r196, because when I'm looking to employ someone I always hire drug addicted alcoholics first.

[quote]She also accused Henry Winkler of sexually harassing her and Marion Ross on the set of Happy Days. She later had to recant it, probably under threat of lawsuit.

I believe Erin, because I was watching a telethon with Henry on it. He was sitting on a couch next to a woman, and he constantly was rubbing her leg. I was a child when I saw that, and it was really weird.

Well, all the snark aside, it's sad that someone from an EXTREMELY popular TV show from the 70's and 80's, who brought a LOT of joy to a lot of people, died so young. The ratings for Happy Days were always pretty good, and because there were so few choices back then and only 3 channels, they probably had 15 or 20-million people watching every week. Even the most popular shows today don't get anywhere NEAR that.

Also Gary Marshall knew the pitfalls that Hollywood, fame and lots of money presented so he made all the younger people on his shows compete in softball games. He actually created a league to make sure that everyone stayed busy and kept their noses clean while they were working for him. So yes, it's no secret that young people in the business are preyed upon, and probably way more back then, but at least on the set of Happy Days, she was likely very well cared for and protected.

Greta Loves Scacchi.

Was she abused, too?

It seems safe to say now, that for poor Erin Moran, there were just too many "Unhappy Days"!

Her hair suffered lifelong abuse and back in the day she abused those kitten heels. Rough as she looked, it's hard to believe she was a teenager back in the 1950s. She must be in her mid seventies.

What's with the Marion Ross hate? Even in the later seasons when the show was pretty terrible, the parents were the one consistent bright spot. I've always been a big fan of both Ross and Tom Bosley.

EVen HENRY Winkler - he did just fine for himself - but acting wise he was typecast forever which is a shame because he was actually quite talented.

How much do we know about Moran's family? There has never been any publicity on them like there have been on the families of so many child stars, but I assume she was the bread winner and that they were fairly dysfunctional. But are there any more details we know about?

Oh Howard where did we go wrong?

Scott Biao a few years ago said some nasty things about Erin, I wonder how he feels today.

Happy Days was a good show until the last few years, when Cathy Silver is in the main credits, you know it's over.

[quote]Chachi was such a big star.

Uh, no. No he wasn't. Not ever. Not even for five minutes was he ever a big star.

He made it clear he didn't think much of her r206, so he probably doesn't feel much of anything. She's the girl he lost his virginity to a long time ago and that's it. I don't think this is a guy with incredibly deep feelings.

R208 he may not have been a big star but he had two of his own TV shows. For a while he was pretty famous. But like Erin his looks faded very early. That permanent sour expression of his set in while he was still young and ruined his nice face.

Didn't Scott screw up Nicole Eggert during the run of Charles in Charge?

R198 Erin said all that when she was part of some weird cult. When she left she said it was all coerced out of her and it wasn't true. She apologised to Henry Winkler and he accepted. And over the years he's apparently tried to help her more than anyone from the cast.

She was also a freaky religious nut too. Heard her call into a radio show once to talk about Happy Days and it was quite obvious she was a nutcase. That was before her downfall to the trailer park.

Boo fucking Hoo- Where were all you Dildos yesterday when I couldn't get a tall boy and a couple of loosies!

She was poised to make a Norma Desmond comeback!

Um Marion Ross received two Emmy nominations for her performance as Marion Cunningham on Happy Days

She was hardly a bad actress

We are going to miss her, she cooked the best Meth.

R103 boogyman AIDS huh?

[quote]I'm not stupid, I just isn't old

The jokes write themselves

Meanwhile, and speaking of jokes, r75 didn't get the memo.

Winkler's eulogy is dripping with shade. I prefer Ron Howard's simple memorial recalling happier days.

This contains tweets and statements from the Happy Days cast.

What R174 said. Further proof that fame and celebrity doesn't guarantee you're set for life. For those who do move on (like Ron Howard, Winkler and Anson Williams), there are those who don't, like Erin. She joins others like Ed Furlong, Corey Haim, Shelly Long, Margot Kidder, Betty Hutton, Gary Busey and Jan Michael Vincent, whose destinies and life paths were not in keeping with their Hollywood image.

Oh my lord in heaven!

What happened to Shelly Long?

Yeah Shelly doesn't belong on that list

Margot Kidder is fine, and like Patty Duke, managed to get help and turn things around after a much publicized breakdown. She's very active in her local community, and makes her income from the science fiction convention circuit.

How dare they not help a talentless drunkard who constantly talked shit about them for 40 years!

[quote]Do a google search images. She had looks, even as a mature adult. She sure had it in the 1980's!

Bless your heart.

Erin obviously had enough talent that they spun her off into her own series.

She was really good as young Joanie, she had an excellent deadpan delivery.

R231 agreed . She was great as the bratty sister. Many episodes she saved the series from becoming the Fonzie show. Happy Days would've been much less without her.

R227 Margot even does voiceover work now and picked up a daytime Emmy not too long ago.

[quote]Erin Moran deat at 56

Erin Moran deat, and I haff no son. My heart is broken into million pieces!

RIP meth-addicted trailer trash. :(

[quote]Erin obviously had enough talent that they spun her off into her own series.

She didn't get the show because of talent. She got it because of the buzz from being a "hot" couple. (I still don't get that, as she was very unattractive.)

But, clearly, that wasn't enough as the show was a FLOP.

Yes, Margot Kidder does not belong on that list. She got her life together after her much publicized breakdown. She comes across like a nice, thoughtful person in her interviews. Although a lot of it might not be A-list stuff or high profile, she has worked a lot in the last 20 years in both TV and Film. And is also an outspoken environmentalist.

Her teeth are too good for her to have been a meth head

She was into booze and heroin, not meth.

Margot Kidder is bipolar. She was mostly out of the public eye for awhile because she was teaching and working full-time writing a book which she was very excited about. Just as she had finished, her computer crashed, she had no back-up, and she lost everything she had written. It was so traumatic, it thru her into a manic episode and that's when she disappeared for a few days and was found wandering the streets. It was that point that her struggles with bipolar became known. She had pretty much had it under control until then.

It took awhile, but she was finally able to get it together, started teaching again, and started making occasional acting appearances. She also works now as a counselor, directs theatre, and is living a nice, mostly under-the-radar existence.

If only Erin had listened to this guy when he tried to warn her.

All trailer trash do meth.

Has her Dren remarked on her death yet????

Here is a typical DLer simulating what it is like when she finds out Erin died.

At least she didn't have kids...no doubt they would have been devastated by this like Dana Plato's son was. And he eventually killed himself. What a legacy to leave your child.

Did she die without having seen Hamilton? Pity.

Henry Winkler was thumb banging her. That's what messed her up.

[quote]That program was truly abysmal

Indeed. At least with [italic]Good Times[/italic] they pulled the plug after six seasons instead of pointlessly dragging it out for another half a decade just because they could.

God that shit fest was on for ten fucking years. It was good for the first two years when they were pretty faithful to the era. Then it went into the shitter. Joanie's 80's hairstyle was as bad as Hotlip's perm on MASH. She really was attractive in her prime.

She should have gone blonde. That might have helped.

So wrong she made $950 per episode of Happy Days the final season, on a show still airing everyday all over the world.

The pilots ABC passed over for [italic]Joanie Loves Chachi[/italic] must have been real shit if that show was ever considered good enough to put on network TV.

For R187....

Scott Baio finally noticed she died.

Wow, he finally got off Trump's nut to comment, I'm impressed.

A child actor right organization reached out to Erin last week in efforts to help her. Someone must've tipped them off she was in bad shape.

[quote]We Pulled Our Weight With Erin I am proud of our efforts over the years to help Erin Moran whose troubles were many and complex. Don’t doubt for a moment that we tried…sincerely tried through time and treasure…to give comfort to one of our own. At least a half-dozen “formers” were actively reaching out to Erin in the last week of her life. These aren’t publicity photos her friends are posting, but family portraits. From Paris to London, from New York to LA, our members were in there pitching, doing what they could to help. Do not doubt that for a minute. Erin had friends and she knew it. Abandonment was not the issue. The perversity of human frailty is at the root of this loss, not failure. We did our best with the resources available to us, but it was a very dark room. Some don’t find the light switch in time. Paul Petersen

In a lengthy message posted this morning on the Facebook page of A Minor Consideration, the non-profit organization dedicated to the legal and human rights of juvenile performers, the group’s founder Petersen said that at least a half-dozen former child actors reached out to Moran in the past week. “Erin had friends and she knew it,” writes Petersen, who starred in ’50s sitcom The Donna Reed Show.

Last night, Petersen wrote, “She was so far away in Indiana. The help she ran from was right here, as close as a call. Those of us who knew her pain and remember it so well must tonight rededicate ourselves to the task of making sure that none of our brethren pass away unremarked or feel unloved.”

Sit on it, Joanie!

R256 The self-congratulatory tone and the timing of that statement seem wildly inappropriate.

We've heard from her Happy Days co-stars Henry Winker, Ron Howard and Marion Ross.

We'll hear from Anson Williams and Don Most as soon as someone can locate them.

Anson Williams and Don Most were first to comment

Anson Williams and Don Most commented with their headshots.

Has Spike commented yet?

She was UGLY!

It is, truly, a mystery to me how she had the career she had. The 70s must have been very kind to the ugly.

She wasn't ugly back then.

She was ugly back then too.

She wasn't just ugly; she was also poorly styled.

She should have hung around with Pinky, she had a rough life after Happy Days too.

Gary Marshall was a hack!

R269 I wish Roz would get on the comeback trail. She's disabled, but still would be a great addition to any production. She certainly had something memorable about her. She's still remembered so well for Pinky even though she was only in 3 episodes of Happy Days.

I am getting some great laughs from you cruel bitches! Keep it up. The crueler the better.

Thindy Brady has spoken.....

Roz could be in a wheelchair derby.

[quote]Gary Marshall was a hack! —There, I said it.

Since I wasn't actually part of his family I lost out on the role of Chachi to that Baio boy. And I looked more like I should have been Ralph Malph's little brother anyway.

Erin Moran had quite a life...and then quite a sad life.

RIP

Never watched a full episode of "Happy Days" (that 'Fonz' hysteria was cringeworthy) so I can't comment on her from that. Seem to recall her setting sail on "The Love Boat" several times (I know, DL, I'm too good for "Happy Days", but "Love Boat" -- I'm there!) She really never made an impression one way or the other with me (but the poster upthread who commented on the dubious styling is on the mark!)

Then I saw her appearance on "Howard Stern" circa 1991. This was his WOR-TV show, very raw and unfiltered. It's on YouTube in a few parts. If memory serves, as the show goes on, she reveals herself to be troubled.

I'd pay to see Roz whack Scott Baio repeatedly with her cane.

And thanks to the recent Andy Gibb thread on DL, we've also been reminded on this typically-80s commercial featuring Gibb, Erin Moran, Heather Locklear and Michael Damian!

Andy Gibb was gorgeous....

Imagine how creepy it is to have "Formers" reaching out to you! (R256)- that would be a great Horror movie!

Erin was hiding out in an Indiana Trailer Park where "the Formers" couldn't find her!

Us has beens have to stick together Erin!

All those people are now dead, r279!

HUH?

I'm stunned I do not remember that commercial. Also, neither Heather Locklear nor Michael Damian are dead.

It was just weird seeing her downfall. To the kids who grew up with her she really did seem happy and on top of the world. She was an B- to A- TV star at the time. I'm SHOCKED at how cheap Happy Days was with her. As for her looks I certainly thought she was pretty. I know my two older sisters thought that after Valerie Bertinelli she was the prettiest thing on TV. Oh well.

[quote] Gary Marshall was a hack!

He was Shakespeare compared to me.

Did anyone else notice "deat at 56"?

[post redacted because linking to dailymail.co.uk clearly indicates that the poster is either a troll or an idiot (probably both, honestly.) Our advice is that you just ignore this poster but whatever you do, don't click on any link to this putrid rag.]

No r 288, you're the only one on all the earth to have picked it up. Congratulations! Go to the front office to collect your prize.

It's been a fucking free-for-all since the Grim Reaper caught my ass, dahlings. I can't vait to see who's next!

[quote] Did anyone else notice "deat at 56"?

I was going to say something but I figured, shit, no one ever listens to me.

Even in the Early Eighties, I thought she looked coked out of her mind on J Loves C.

I remember her spiked heels and cropped pants on that show in 1982, which were very much in fashion then, and thinking they had just given up on being "mid 1960s".

Oh My God...He's Deat!

Lots of former stars have fallen through the cracks. Not everyone in showbiz is savvy enough to guide their own careers. Just because a person has talent does not mean they're great at the business aspect of their careers. Many come from uneducated backgrounds. So many of you posting here are completely clueless and just plain mean. Yeah, I know it's DL and even in death, it's all about being snarky.

Lots of celebs fall prey to unscrupulous management, drugs, alcohol, sex addictions, well, you name it. While others who have left the business are very successful, many have invested in real estate or have gone on to work in different fields and are actually happy. While others are aware they weren't all that talented, their careers were based on their looks, yet they were smart enough to move on, they went back to school and have new careers. Because the media loves reporting bad news, those are the celebrities we don't hear about. Why report positive news.

We've become a society which thrives on others failed lives, it makes us feel so much better about ourselves. That explains the popularity of reality TV, people enjoy watching successful rich people who have a shitload of drama. It proves money and success doesn't always translate to happiness, for many it creates yet more problems.

Unfortunately, the media is only interested in reporting those whose lives have 'failed'. Anything for ratings. Very sad and pathetic.

[quote] Even in the Early Eighties, I thought she looked coked out of her mind on J Loves C.

She had to be to get through those crummy scripts with a straight face. It's funny how so many flops from the 1970s and 1980s are still remembered more than some subsequent hits, at least where DL is concerned. Maybe it's because that's the last time networks had a majority of the TV audience.

How did she die? She jumped the shark! And then she died.

R296, "Happy Days" was NOT a flop, along with it's offshoot series, 'Laverne & Shirley", it was one of the most successful sitcoms in TV history. I was too young to watch "Happy Days" during it's first run, I did watch the series in repeats.

Today so many young people are willfully ignorant, their knowledge pop culture seems to exist in the here and now, they never want to research any info. They'd rather make false claims, then argue with people who have actual facts.

R296, "Happy Days" was NOT a flop, along with it's offshoot series, 'Laverne & Shirley", it was one of the most successful sitcoms in TV history. I was too young to watch "Happy Days" during it's first run, I did watch the series in repeats.

Today so many young people are willfully ignorant, their knowledge pop culture seems to exist in the here and now, they never want to research any info. They'd rather make false claims, then argue with people who have actual facts.

God must have needed another haggard old gryphon to mount the balustrades alongside the Pearly Gates. It's the only explanation .

It's sad though, and amazing, that someone should die in close to squalor - poverty, drug abuse, unpleasant neighbours with chained dogs - and aren't important enough to help yet it makes news around the world.

R301, I guess the residuals for their old series weren't as large as what more current stars receive? Or Erin simply wasn't very good with money.

Currently, there are several TV channels in the US which make their money through airing 'retro' TV shows, the residuals are always coming in and they surely add up.

The average person is living on much less than what these celebs make for one episode.

What cult did Erin get involved with?

Omg! I can't believe she's really gone! I loved her!

She was really good on the show, probably the funniest one, when she was a nerdy smart ass at the very beginning. Then they softened her up when puberty hit.

God, she's ugly.

$950 an episode? That is some major bullshit.

I hope she had one last good shit before she died.

lol r308!

Her and her old man must have been quite the couple. Was their trailer a standard or a double wide?

I bet Eugene had a big cock.

Until the late 80s and early 1990s people in sitcoms didn't earn that much. She was making $950 an episode which seems like nothing but in the early 1980s that was a decent salary. The average weekly salary in the US was $300. The average for a lawyer was $650. At the time she was earning a lot of money.

R276 is the fattest person on this thread. The "RIP" shit is such a fat-girl move. Idiot.

You can't help anyone who doesn't want to help themselves. Sadly, it's her fault, not anyone else's.

What about her husband? Doesn't he bear some responsibility, or wasn't he around?

You betcha' r311. Darn tootin'

If someone really wanted to help her, they would have told her about the importance of using sunscreen.

On the one hand, it's a sad ending to a sad life.

On the other hand, you've got to wonder about these people who never seem to get over being on one hit show. Some actors go on to have solid careers, but most don't.

You've got to hand it to people like Danica Mckellar and Blossom who went on to get PhDs or Josh Saviano who went on to Yale law. Even the youngest kid from Tim Allen's first show started his own vegan business or something. All these people leveraged their early success into a backup plan - even if some returned to acting later as Blossom did.

[quote] The self-congratulatory tone and the timing of that statement seem wildly inappropriate.

Maybe he reads this board, or other places where people are saying "why didn't xxx help her?" "Why didn't xxxx pay her bills?", "Why didn't xxxxx get her a movie role?", etc., etc., etc.

His answer is that he and others tried. I read in a comment on another news story that Ron Howard was helping her financially. But, if a person is not ready or able to accept emotional help, any help you provide likely won't work.

Not true R312, Nell Carter was making 30k per episode on Gimme A Break! Mindy Cohn was making 40k at one point

R319 Were they paying them by the pound?

She had a really nice voice, and did a great job as the frustrated high school girl. My favorite episode of Happy Days is when she was asked to join Leather Tuscadero's band, and had to say no.

$950 dollars an episode?! Even for seventies television at that time, that was awfully low.

Suzanne and Joyce were making 30,000 an episode just starting out on Three's Company. Valerie and Mackenzie Phillips were making that much in the early years doing ODAAT.

Sorry, Suzanne and Joyce were making fifteen thousand at the first year.

I find it hard to believe she was only making 950 an episode, that seems awfully low.

Sally Field said that when she was playing Gidget on TV, even past its first year, they were only paying her $200/ episode. Was that a lot of money back in the 60s? She didn't think so.

No way she was making $950.00. She was probably making 5K an episode

R325 here, I guess Sally Field changed her story. I'm certain she once said she was only paid $200/ episode, but in this link she ups it to $500/episode---still small potatos.

I think $950/episode was the residual

In that poster at R121 she looks like a cross between Pat Benatar and Adrienne Barbeau.

[quote]It's funny how so many flops from the 1970s and 1980s are still remembered more than some subsequent hits, at least where DL is concerned. Maybe it's because that's the last time networks had a majority of the TV audience.

No. It's because DL skews old. The majority of DL posters were kids in the 60s, 70s, and 80s, and they grew up on these shows.

Ron Howard's tweet didn't mention anything personal at all about Erin - just that he'll choose to remember her making episodes and making the world laugh. Anyone could have said that. What gives?

Lisa Wenchel posted a picture of a 10 cent residual check. The amount goes way down as the decades go on. I don't think Erin was getting much these days.

I thought she was very cute, but her hair was wildly inappropriate for the era they were supposed to be portraying. I loved the Joanie and Chachi storyline, the only reason I watched later. Fonzie was ridiculous.

Scott Baio was so fucking dreamy.

[quote]It's funny how so many flops from the 1970s and 1980s are still remembered more than some subsequent hits, at least where DL is concerned. Maybe it's because that's the last time networks had a majority of the TV audience.

Ha, Ha, Millennial ignorance and undeserved self righteousness never lets me down. Happy Days, Lavern and Shirley, and some of the others mentioned here were huge hits at the time. With millions of viewers, more than any show could hope for today. Not that they were that great, more of a cultural thing like watching the supper bowl or American Idol. Even if you were not into it, people would be talking about it the next day.

R334 = Scott Baio

R335 exactly those shows were HUGE

I was talking to a millenial the other day about the new Dynasty coming out and the 21 year old never HEARD of the original.

I mentioned that on a GLOBAL scale both Dallas and Dynasty were MASSIVE and that they helped start the nighttime soap opera genre and Dallas is STILL in the Guinness Book of Records as the most watched TV show WORLDWIDE of all time.

He was like so you're telling me they had more people watching than Empire?

Seriously dude.... Seriously

Empire is a flop from hell compared to the numbers those shows had

There were bars that hosted Dynasty parties in Denver. They were packed to the ceiling with people every Wednesday.

According to IMDB, Erin Moran's salary:

Happy Days (1974) t$900 per episode (Season 3) Happy Days (1974) t$750 per episode (Season 2) Happy Days (1974) t$650 per episode (Season 1)

"I was talking to a millenial the other day about the new Dynasty coming out and the 21 year old never HEARD of the original."

Yeah. it's unforgivable that people haven't heard of a campy show from before they were born. Dynasty isn't Shakespeare, dear.

"Ha, Ha, Millennial ignorance and undeserved self righteousness never lets me down. Happy Days, Lavern and Shirley, and some of the others mentioned here were huge hits at the time. With millions of viewers, more than any show could hope for today. Not that they were that great, more of a cultural thing like watching the supper bowl or American Idol. Even if you were not into it, people would be talking about it the next day."

Lecturing people while talking about the "supper" bowl? So funny. The DL old ladies who rant about "millennials" are just a bunch of old, dumb Republican grumps.

God'll getcha, R340!

Probably because Ron Howard isn't really her brother r331. She was a child he worked with several decades ago. He was 6-7 years older. Apart from their scenes together they probably didn't hang out. He's been famous since he was a kid, he's worked with thousands of people, is he meant to write heart wrenching tearful tweets every time one of them dies? Isn't it better that he tweets something sincere. Btw Scott Baio didn't write anything especially personal either and he dated her.

Just because Happy Days meant a lot to you doesn't mean it meant as much to the cast. It was their job. They didn't necessarily have much in common or spend time together. And it's been a really long time.

Am I a bad person if this thread has brought me hours of mirth?

Don't try to hold it back, R343, go ahead, laugh out loud. Don't you see? Nothing would have made her happier. She lived to make people laugh. Tears were offensive to her, deeply offensive. She hated to see people cry. So go ahead, my dear, laugh for Joanie Cunningham.

[quote]There were bars that hosted Dynasty parties in Denver. They were packed to the ceiling with people every Wednesday.

LA was the same way. West Hollywood always had that going on the original air night and it would be packed with men. I cant even imagine that now with any show out there. But again, another cultural phenomenon Millennials don't know about if its not in their Instagram/Facebook feed.

What did you think of the new Hall Moniter, Konnie Kotex, R295?

I'm guessing there is a site out there where these self- righteous speeches are devoured like a wall of donuts!

If she was supposed to shame me, it sure didn't work!

[quote]Happy Days (1974) t$900 per episode (Season 3) Happy Days (1974) t$750 per episode (Season 2) Happy Days (1974) t$650 per episode (Season 1)

Well I just checked, the minimum wage in 1974 was 2.00 per hour and the average annual income....wait for it.....8,600 per year!

So in retrospect, she was still making a lot of money.

Besides the substance abuse, what were her issues? She was vibrant and spunky when she was young on Happy Days, but that's a crazy intense look in r339's pic, and you see the same expression in photos from later in her life

If you divide out what she was making compared to the rest of the middle class shmos, the average Joe was making 165.00 per week. She was making about 6 times that amount. Everything was equally cheaper back then too. Average rent was around 150. a month, a new car, about 2,500 paid in full.

I am also thankful Beyonce is okay.

LOL@Konnie Kotex!

Is that Miss Dora Dumfuck's best friend? She should be.

She had a mediocre ass, but she still couldn't live forever.

She was in this. Is this a DL fave?

(Anson Williams got Erin Moran the job as Joanie on Happy Days having met her on this TV movie.)

This thread needs to be closed or deleted. What a sad bunch of angry losers, talk about projecting. Laughing about a woman whose life was truly fucked.

I hope all you scumbags laughing about Erin's death end up in a trailer park with a severe drug habit. Better still, end up dying with a needle in your arm.

You all sound like bunch of clueless frat boys or Trumpettes.

Millennial Alert at r354!!

He hears SO MUCH JUDGMENT!!!!!!

[quote]What a sad bunch of angry losers, talk about projecting. Laughing about a woman whose life was truly fucked.

Part of the price of fame is being scribbled about on the walls of public outhouses. It was ever thus.

And yet wishes we all die the same way she did. Lol.

Only famous lives matter!

[quote]Besides the substance abuse, what were her issues?

Allegedly, childhood sexual abuse. Probably bipolar disorder as well.

According to [italic]People,[/italic] she and her husband were back to living with his mother. The last I read, her mother-in-law had kicked them out and they were living in a Holiday Inn. I know her life sucked, but I thought at first that she was homeless when she died ... so it could have been worse, I guess.

r54 Sure, Jan

That article at R358 - one of the neighbors talked about Erin and indicated that she thought the victim was "still hopeful" about returning to Hollywood.

I suspect many people on DL at one time as a kid thought it might be great to be "on TV" or "in the movies". That includes me.

Now, I think it would be awful. It seems to be bad enough for adults but truly poisonous for most kids. I have great appreciation for those who have youthful success and then are able to move on to another job or career. Cop, real estate agent, whatever. I hope they have good lives and can reminisce about earlier years without any desire to go back.

Anson Williams said "Who'd have thought she'd have made it past 50," the proceeded to tell the camera about his latest upcoming project...another lawsuit

Funny how the haters here are calling the posters with the same ideas, both "old farts" and "millennials".

Shows how completely clueless a lot of the posters in this thread are. Get some rest, isn't it past your bedtime. Or did some of you bitter queens forget to take your meds?

Are you sure it isn't Aaron MORON?

Erin's mother pushed her into show business when she was around 5. Before happy days she was pretty prolific and worked quite a bit in tv. I don't believe the $900 figure for the show. Neither her or baio came crawling back after Joanie loves chachi was canceled, it was understood from the beginning that if shiw didn't make it they would go back to happy days. The Minute Maid commercial with Andy gibb and heather locklear was made for Canadian tv and was shot at an amusement park in Ontario. Her hair not fitting in the with the era that it was taking place wasn't uncommon.look at penny Marshall in the last few seasons of Laverne and Shirley, her hair was contemporary and she looked great in the last season but had an 80s look. Also the kids from the last season all looked and dressed like kids did in 1982 not the 60s.

I think she started to unravel before the end of happy days. I think she could've had a steady career in tv and TV movies for at least a decade after the show ended. I thought the big issue with the lawsuit some of the cast filed was in regards to their likenesses being used and them not getting paid for it. I think Howard and winkler didn't join the suit because both are millionaires many times over. In the early 90s she did give an interview to the enquirer and said she found religion and that her Costars were evil Hollywood sinners. She got out of the cult and seemed to be doing better and had reconciled with the cast even making appearances with them, but slid back into the issues she had struggled with not to long after.

OMG! I didn't know Dana Plato's son committed suicide. Wow, you learn something new everyday.

Yeah I think it was maybe on the 15th anniversary of Danas death. he was raised by his grandmother in Oklahoma. I remember when he had to go to court to get dana's possessions back from the sleazy ex boyfriend who filmed her when she was asleep and dying and also tried to sneak a camera into the funeral home. Back then her seemed pretty together and mature especially for a kid that just lost his mom in a very public way.

So she was broke and living in a trailer (barely) but had a publicist??!?!

Anyway, I remember that the first season Ron Howard wasn't on (1980 I think), she had dropped a bunch of weight. (She definitely had put on a lot of weight when she had developed). Her kind of crazy eyes took up about half her face and I always well suspected that it was a case of "coke diet" that her agent and whoever else pressured her to go on. She has probably been more or less hooked ever since.

I also read (not long after the show went off the air) that for the last few seasons of Happy Days, she was making 22k per episode. Dana Plato made about the same thing her last few seasons. That was about the going rate for TV stars of their level (very well known but not quite A list teen actresses) at the time (early 80s). I don't know where the $900 figure is coming from.

Now the Brady Bunch kids, they barely earned anything. But then again their show was never considered top priority by the network. Certainly no one could say that about Happy Days (or Diffrent strokes for that matter - which WAS NBC at the time).

[quote]Yeah I think it was maybe on the 15th anniversary of Danas death. he was raised by his grandmother in Oklahoma.

He was 25 when he committed suicide. He said he wanted to be with his mother, but he was also into drugs. It's all crazy and sad.

R334, Plus, Pamela Anderson told Howard Stern he has a big cock.

I think that members of the Happy Days crew tried to help her. But she couldn't give up alcohol and drugs. At some point, you have to step back, if the addict is refusing to change.

That being said, this is very sad. May you sleep with the angels, Erin.

88 year old Marion Ross issued a statement. Do you really believe she remembers who Erin Moran was?

Does she have alzheimers r371? Because if not, I'm sure she remembers her just fine.

....

Goodbye England's rose

Oh Bless, Elton. No dear, you're thinking of the wrong gal. We'll let you know if we need you to sing. Go home, pet.

I remember Charlie's Angels made $40K an episode. That's a lot back in the 70's. Erin was listed as a lower level lead on the intro. But she had some of the best scenes. Happy Days started out really well, it was a low key slice of life sitcom. Then it became a phenom and it was just cloying and cringe-worthy.

...[on growing up as Joanie on "Happy Days"] When I was fifteen, they suddenly wanted me to lose weight and become this sexy thing.

If she was as poor as stories said, I wonder if she even sought treatment, or if it was even diagnosed.

Tox results pending, but no drugs found at scene.

R377 where is that quote from?.

Who are these looney screechers going on about how happy days wasn't a flop?

It's clear the poster who used that word was referring to that abortion spinoff about Joni loving chachi.

Not only was that a flop, it was an iconic flop that is still used as a joke more than 3 decades later.

Her big career move was the Ishtar of American television.

The screechers just sit around waiting to be triggered to vomit out a screed about millennial posters.

They are so desperate, they start vomiting about Laverne and Shirley as well as their sad grip on drunken nights in Denver watching trash.

How dare those youngans not be able to recite chapter and verse the pitiful 'party' habits of lonely bottoms 30 years ago!

Marion Ross seemed to be fine in December. It doesn't look like her eye job went very well though.

R378 Her neighbors said they hadn't seen her out in while, so the cancer thing makes sense.

Ron Howard is a guest on The Talk today promoting his Albert Einstein mini-series and he just said he had no idea Moran was ill.

Sad how everyone assumed drugs. And now it turns out the cause was cancer.

I hope she didn't die alone.

I just saw a pop up headline stating that the coroner said she "most likely died from stage four cancer complications" but it gave no other information regarding the type of cancer, etc.

Anyone remember that Happy Days started as one of the stories on Love American Style ? Damn I am old.

"Love, American Style' . . . . . .

What's that ?

She had cancer of the career.

She always had crazy eyes.

People says she was getting treatment at home and relied on a feeding tube toward the end.

The NY Post says she was diagnosed with throat cancer last November and had been undergoing heavy chemo and radiation. The article quotes a friend, Steven Wishnoff, who played Miss Tony Masters on [italic]Oz.[/italic]

How long until Scott Baio finds a way to blame her death on Obamacare?

It's nice to know despite all her problems, she still had some clarity.

[quote]Wishnoff was particularly impressed how Moran skillfully fielded fan questions about Scott Baio — speaking warmly about her former castmate while making it clear she didn’t agree with his support of Donald Trump.

"Happy Days" was excellent its first season and Moran looked the part of a young 50s kid. Unfortunately, Garry Marshall found that ratings went up when he compromised the show's quality.

Everyone thought she was going to be the next Annette Funicello. Instead, she only had it slightly better than Dana Plato.

Moran wasn't gorgeous but had interesting features that worked in the sci-fi horror film "Galaxy of Terror" - well, until her face exploded. But she wasn't bad in that movie and she was spared the indignity of being the woman who gets raped by a giant leech.

Erin Moran died clean.

Of cancer.

[quote] Everyone thought she was going to be the next Annette Funicello. Instead, she only had it slightly better than Dana Plato.

I was the next Annette by virtue of actually having been a Mouseketeer.

[quote]How long until Scott Baio finds a way to blame her death on Obamacare?

Baio has been defending himself against a couple of tweeters who called him out on his "If you do drugs, you're going to die" comment. "IF! I said if!"

People must have been recycling news on her because only last week I saw the story on her being kicked out of the trailer park on some news site. Kind of impossible if she was incapacitated. But the story is weird that somebody found her body. Was she left alone to die?

I never heard rumors that Henry Winkler molested her. I'd heard it was Scott Baio.

Couldn't Ivanka have saved her? Selfish bitch.

Baio and Moran were the same age so there goes your "molestation" theory, r400.

Expand your vocabulary, R402. Second definition of molest from Merriam-Wenster: to make annoying sexual advances to; especially : to force physical and usually sexual contact on

It's not an age thing.

Oh Howard.

We get it Richie...you have a homosexual attraction to Potsie.

Learn the word "connotation," r403. "Molestation" has a strong connotation as "inappropriate or unwanted sexual contact between an adult and a child." Most people today would use the term "sexual harassment" for "to make annoying sexual advances to" and "sexual assault" or even "rape" for "to force physical and usually sexual contact on."

[quote]Moran was pronounced dead on Saturday at the trailer Moran shared in rural New Salisbury, IN, with her husband's mother, Donna Woods.

"To my knowledge, they had their own room," the source tells PEOPLE.

Their own room. How nice.

Better than living on the streets I guess r407.

I would have molested Chachi. I would have fingered that hairless hole until he couldn't take it anymore. Then I would have licked his boy brownie batter off of my fingers. Except for what got underneath my fingernails. I would have saved that for later when I got hungry.

R409 back to Hell Satan!

R406 wins

She died of stage 4 cancer, probably untreated. Very tragic.

R400 as much as Baio is sour, bitter asswipe. Moran never accused him of sexually harassing her. He was her boyfriend for a while and that's it.

She never appeared on reunion specials and for a long time, was completely estranged from the cast, calling them "satanic" and "evil." When they showed home footage of behind the scenes softball leagues and the like, she was fully a part of it so something went wrong at one point.

Thyroid conditions can cause bulging eyes.

Thyroid conditions can cause bulging eyes.

She was probably exhibiting a lot of paranoid behavior from the assortment of drugs she used.

Her fortunes turned south the minute Mr Ted McGinley set foot on that set...

Thyroid conditions can cause double postings.

Thyroid conditions can cause double postings.

Cathy Silvers was worse than Ted.

[quote]She died of stage 4 cancer, probably untreated. Very tragic.

The article in the OP, noted that she was receiving medical care. She had a feeding tube.

She certainly had a face look like the map of Ireland.

R414 she was part of a cult for a while and turned on everyone.

What happened to all the money she made during her peak working years? Did she blow it all on drugs? On the "Family Affair" thread it was mentioned that when she turned 18 Anissa Jones came into the substantial amount of money she made from the tv series; she barely had time to enjoy it before dying of a massive drug overdose while still a teenager. I'd say Erin Moran deserves some credit for hanging in there as long as she did; she made it past fifty, at least.

R425 her money troubles have been discussed at length. And the latest theory is she died of cancer also mentioned. Read the thread.

Apologies if posted.

In the wake of Moran’s death (Mail Online claimed she died of a suspected heroin overdose in her mother-in-law’s trailer, but an official autopsy is still pending), it was reported that many former child stars had reached out to the Happy Days star in recent weeks. Fonz actor Henry Winkler had too, in 2012, reportedly sought out a role for Moran on the Netflix reboot of Arrested Development, a comedy that also featured Scott Baio.

“Erin had friends and she knew it. Abandonment was not the issue. The perversity of human frailty is at the root of this loss, not failure,” wrote Paul Petersen, who runs the child-actor advocacy group A Minor Consideration, on Facebook. “We did our best with the resources available to us, but it was a very dark room. Some don’t find the light switch in time.”

I tried to get her to look into a Reverse Mortgage for the trailer. I said, "You'd still own your home".

"Her money troubles have been discussed at length. And the latest theory is she died of cancer also mentioned. Read the thread."

A lot of talk has been about how much money she made but nobody has explained what happened to it. I don't think she spent it ALL on drugs. And I never speculated on her cause of death. It doesn't really matter anyway, does it? Poor soul, she's probably at peace now.

She's barely worked since the early 80s, throw in addiction and a mortgage, what do think happened to her money r429?

She bought heavily into Potsie's vitamin & supplements pyramid scheme

"What do think happened to her money?."

She made a lot of it in her glory days as Joanie on "Happy Days." I'm wondering what happened to THAT money. Invested wisely, she probably could have lived the rest of her life on it, provided she didn't have an extremely lavish lifestyle. So she spent it all on drugs? Seems to me if she'd been that addicted she would died long before now.

Still haven't read the thread have you r432? She never earned that much money. No one said she's been addicted her whole life. No one knows what all her addictions were and how long she had them. And not all addicts die quickly, see Keith Richards for reference

I think an underlining issue for Erin was some unidentified psychological problem. She admitted on Howard Stern show that she was raped by a "family" member at age 24 or something. Most likely, she didn't get any help for it.

Well at least she died on the stage doing what she loved. Snort.

Chain smoking causes throat cancer? Who would have thought.

You think Maybe she got cancer from cheap hair dye?

Baio the dumb dago puts his two cents in.

[quote]I'm wondering what happened to THAT money.

As Nell Carter said "Sure I made $20,000 a week but I was spending $25,000/week on cocaine."

Erin had that kind of cancer that know one knows about but it kills you anyway.

Throat cancer. The asshole Baio is at it again.

R441 he was APOLOGIZING for his comments

For once he seemed OK

But is she did die of cancer, YEARS of alcohol and drug abuse as well as smoking lead to a MUCH HIGHER risk of cancer, as does morbid obesity.

So her partying lifestyle most likely factored into her unfortunate death

My stepmom died at EXACTLY the same age of throat cancer too and the doctors told her flat out that YEARS of alcoholism and chain smoking DEFINITELY helped cause her cancer.

Alcohol is bad, smoking is bad, but Alcohol plus cigarettes together raises the danger to the nth degree...

Chachi was right about this one...

Just because he was right doesn't mean he has to be a douchebag about it.

"She never earned that much money. "

She wasn't making millions of dollars per episode, but for Christ's fucking sake she didn't make a pittance, either. She was making good money for the time. And it's still unclear as to what happened to it, unless you believe she simply squandered it all on drugs and high living.

But how do they afford all the food?

Where is all the fucking money you made when you were 20 years old??? Give it a rest grampa.

You can't help someone who doesn't want to be helped.

She had to be doing pretty well if they were willing to give her a spin-off, I would be she was making at least half-a million per season throughout the last half of the run.

No one knew about her cancer because they are covering up her whoring and having AIDS.

The show lasted 2 seasons r450 and it was early 80s, so no she wasn't making half a million. Not to mention the show tanked pretty quickly in the ratings. Chances are she probably wasn't even making as much as Baio who was a heart throb and the reason the teenage girls tuned in. No one was watching the show for Joannie. That's how he ended up Charles in Charge and she ended up doing the occasional guest spot on The Love Boat. Whatever money she'd made had to last her the next 35 years, that's a tight budget.

R312 is stupid and shitty.

[quote]I hope someone is keeping an eye on Thindy Brady.

I would be happy if Thindy Brady died. She is a homophobic Trump fan.

I am not even sure you can say the spin off really ran two years. The first season was a mid-season replacement and only had four episodes. It was picked up for a second season, but that only had 13 episodes.

This sounds like a Barry Manilow reject rather than something from the mid-1960s.

I forgot Ellen Travolta was in that. She was in practically every failed mediocre sitcom for a couple of years..

Happy Days started to get less period oriented during the end of the Ron Howard era, but once they rebooted with Joanie and Chauchi as the main teens - they through everything out the window. The only thing they did was have the girls wear short skirts since it was now the sixties (miniskirts really weren't in style at the time), although even then they were not accurate to 1965 and were paired with shirts, hair, make-up of the early 80's.

The Waltons were just as guilty of this. The early depression episodes had some sort of attempt to look the period, but by the time WWII was in full swing, you saw Mary Ellen running around in Jordahe style jeans and feathered hair.

Ellen Travolta or one of the Van Patten kids. A sure sign things weren't going to last.

The hair always gives them away.

Lip-gloss.

I wish someone would tell us the truth. I need to know.........

[quote]Chachi was right about this one...

[quote]Just because he was right doesn't mean he has to be a douchebag about it.

He can't help it.

He could try, especially since his wife has a brain tumor.

R301 - That remark is pure genius and pretty much encapsulates the state of our society.

[quote] "Happy Days" was excellent its first season and Moran looked the part of a young 50s kid. Unfortunately, Garry Marshall found that ratings went up when he compromised the show's quality.

It was Michael Eisner's idea to make the Fonz the focus of the show.

In 2011, when Marion Ross, Anson Williams, Tom Bosley, Donny Most and Erin Moran filed a lawsuit for profits of a Las Vegas Happy Days pinball machine, they said that they didn't have the type of million-dollar Friends contracts that are standard today.

[quote]I am not even sure you can say the spin off really ran two years. The first season was a mid-season replacement and only had four episodes. It was picked up for a second season, but that only had 13 episodes.

R455, it appears you hit the nail right squarely on the head. I saw a report on TV just last night that said "Joanie Loves Chachi" lasted for precisely 17 episodes before it was canceled.

"Where is all the fucking money you made when you were 20 years old??? Give it a rest grampa."

The money of celebrities is well accounted for. It has to be, for tax reasons. By the way, I'm not a "grampa." Why would you think I am? You don't seem very bright.

Erin Moran's brother writes that Scott Baio has minuscule penis face:

"She told me you were tiny. Ya know. Barely a man in the man region. True story!"

I was wondering when that messy bottom would show up

She may not have had $, but her marriage lasted 25 years...that's something in itself.

R471 is a looney bird

R468 The IRS doesn't ask how you spend your money unless you're asking for a deduction. The IRS also only expects you to have records go back seven years. The IRS doesn't give out info on celebrity tax returns. Speaking of taxes about half the money she earned would have gone to state/federal income taxes plus workers comp, social security extra. She also would have had an agent and manager who would get a cut of her earnings. She was 24 when Happy Day's ended. It would have been hard to stretch that money out for a lifetime.

Don't bother r473 no amount of logic works on r368 who has been banging on and on about how Moran should still have had every cent she ever earned.

R474 is an idiot who can't read. Nobody ever said Moran "should still have had every cent she ever earned." But she did make a good living as an actress for years and it's never been definitively determined how she ended up in a trailer park unless you believe she spent all the money she ever made on drugs or alcohol or shopping sprees. No one invested any of that money for her? Didn't she have a business manager or anybody at all in her life to help her with her finances? Maybe she was gypped out of her money by unscrupulous advisers. At any rate, after years as a working actress she should not have ended up in poverty the way she did; there had to be a reason for it. Maybe it was the drugs. Or maybe not.

Are you the same tard on those 600lb threads who won't shut up about how they afford all that food?

R476 is the tard who can't read. He seems upset. I hope he feels better soon. I think he could use a friend. I hope he finds one, someday.

But what happened to her money?

No way a long term addict and nutjob lost all her money earned 40 years ago!

What happened to her money?

[quote]The Waltons were just as guilty of this. The early depression episodes had some sort of attempt to look the period, but by the time WWII was in full swing, you saw Mary Ellen running around in Jordahe style jeans and feathered hair.

Not to mention Appalachian housewife Olivia Walton's Beverly Hills facelift halfway through the show.

Her brother called out talentless Baio on Twitter and FB. He also threatened him.

I'm glad he stuck up for Erin but his slams were a little strange. That some pretty strange info to relay to your brother about your ex's weiner. It sounded more like rural smack yelled before giving someone a beat down with a crowbar on a dirt road. I hope the brother eventually runs into Baio.

Scott shouldn't have said what he said but Tony Moran makes me think that something's not right with that whole family, and perhaps it's a clue to why Erin's life played out the way it did.

Marion Ross talks about Erin. She said Erin got into drugs towards the end of the show. Also Ron Howard and asshole Baio. They show her yelling at someone recording her at the trailer park.

Eric had hundreds of chances other people never had and still made a mess of her life. There are litearlly millions worse off than her that did better.

I'm sorry you're a fuck up, but if she turned out less than desireable it was her own doing. You make your own choices in life, this is why Hillary lost, because she like the rest of you on this site, somehow believe you're a victim and everyone else is at fault.

Meanwhile actual victims, pick themselves up and move on with their lives and accomplish things.

[quote]a Las Vegas Happy Days pinball machine,

I'm heading to Vegas for some big pinball action.

[quote]Where is all the fucking money you made when you were 20 years old??? Give it a rest grampa.

If I was making 10 times the national average at that age, you bet I would.

Typical Millenials, cant comprehend actually being an adult with money and life at 18. No, no, not until they are 30 something and finally move out of mom and dads house.

Scott Baio, her former co-star from Happy Days and her spin-off Joanie Loves Chachi, told Inside Edition in 2012 he could not help her.

“I try not to get involved in people's lives. You make your bed you got to sleep in it. I don't know how to help people,” he said.

R487. That Scott Baio...he's a classy guy just like his idol Donald Trump.

Both Henry Winkler and Shit Baio sound like douches. Henry Winkler's tweet was condescending.

Henry Winkler tried to help her r489, considering he hadn't worked with her since the 1980s that's a pretty nice thing to do. He had no obligation to her at all.

[quote] Henry Winkler tried to help her...considering he hadn't worked with her since the 1980s that's a pretty nice thing to do. He had no obligation to her at all.

What does that have to do with what I said? She died of cancer. Instead of reflecting on her qualities as a human being, he wrote as though she OD'ed, committed suicide, etc.

That's your interpretation r491.

I didn't see Henry Winkler "the nicest guy in Hollywood's" tweet as shade at all. He knew she was a bit of a troubled soul, and had gone to hell and back and back again, so he gracefully acknowledged that. Ron Howard did too when he said "I choose to remember her" ... blah blah. Should they have all lied and said how she had led such a charmed life?

I have to say that this Tony Moran - well I never knew much if anything about her family and background, but he kind of answered all of those questions for me. Even Baio looks like a class act next to him.

Obviously Moran is as Irish as all get out but was she part Italian also? I mean...Tony?

Oh and that was Marion Ross at 88!??! Now THAT's a plastic surgeon I want to know!! I have no idea how she walks etc but just sitting down from the waist up she is the most spry looking 88 year old ever - to hell with Betty White!

Erin's brother is mad as hell, and rightfully so, at that dumb WOP Baio.

Is this the brother that was the adult Michael Myers in the original Halloween? I used to not think Erin was attractive growing up, but in retrospect she was cute, ridiculously Irish looking (which is I'm sure part of why she was cast in Happy Days), she definitely could've played a mom on any number of shows for years.

Steve Fleischmann, Erin's husband, gave some background on her diagnosis and treatment on Facebook.

What's interesting, and sad, is that before she got sick she seemed to have rounded a corner emotionally and made peace with her life. Steven Wishnoff said, "She was in a good place,” he said. “I know it’s not a tragic sexy story just to say that Erin Moran was looking after her mother-in-law, with a husband who adored her, in a small town in Indiana.”

Alison Arngrim also talked on Twitter about meeting her at an autograph convention last year and being impressed with how upbeat she seemed. She's also retweeted condolences from Mary McDonough (Erin from [italic]The Waltons[/italic]) and Erin Murphy (Tabitha from [italic]Bewitched[/italic]).

Tony is secretly happy because he now has the trailer park home and the dope all to himself....

I watched that Inside Edition clip. The trailer park looked well tended. Her trailer was attractive, with a nice deck outside. Not the stereotype of trashy, unkempt places at all.

And it sounds like her husband is a good guy and his mom too who apparently helped to take care of Erin at the end.

Ever have a family member dying of cancer? I have. Twice.

I was not the main caregiver in either case, but people who step up at that, the worst of times, and courageously take care of the dying are brave, and deserving of a lot of credit. Sounds like Erin was not abandoned at the end.

We should all be so lucky.

She gave a bizarre interview with Maury Povich in 1991. Strange that she comes out crying, "escorted" by her husband wearing a trenchcoat.

Mental illness does not get better. She was having a hard time. She may have died in a trailer but we all die somewhere. Seems she was loved by her husband and mother-in-law and was not alone. There are worse things.

Gay men of the datalounge age (60 +) think that things should be different for someone on the TEEVEE when they were young. There is no reason why anything should be anyway for anyone, especially a child actress. She lived and died, had no great talent or beauty - just something that may or may not be considered luck. BUT she did have a life, the one she lived. Who fucking cares what Marion Ross or Fonzie think? She worked with them 40 years ago. Pop culture sometimes has no fizz.

Joanie Loved Chachi, Butt, Chachi Loved Anal!!!

Who's the WOP/dago troll calling out Scott Baio for being Italian? Enough already, what damn difference does it make if he's Italian?

The New York Post article was an interview wth her husband, who said that she had been having a sore throat that wouldn't go away. She woke up one morning in November, and there was a small spot of blood on her pilowcase (the size of a dime). She asumed she'd bitten her cheek. A week or two later t happened again, her husband checked her throat and said it looked as though she had tonsilitis. she was diagnosed with a squamous cell carcinoma and put on immediate chemo and radiation simultaneously.

On the day she died, she was resting in bed watching TV and just stopped breathing. I hope she did pass peacefully and without pain.

Still deat, huh?

Yes, still deat r504. Hopefully eating cak covered in graxy at that big Arnold's diner in the sky.

It has been said that she acted strangely before she died and engaged in unusual behavior. Maybe this could have been due to cancer spreading to her brain. Rest in peace, Erin, rest in peace.

She wasnt making $950 and episode, dummies. She was in the tenth year of a network sitcom.

HOW DID SHE SPEND HER 2 MILLION DOLLARS IN 35 YEARS GOD DAMMIT??? I CAN'T STAND THE WASTE. WAS THERE AC IN THAT TRAILER? IT WOULD JUSTIFY MY SMALL TIGHT LIFE BETTER IF I KNEW SHE FUCKED UP.

Why are you screaming?

DEAT!!!!!!!!!!!

Squirrels=death

Possums=deat

She had a kind of Adrienne Barbeau look to her.

The big elephant in the room is that no one like her even in her prime. Usually a show that big, you would have tons of fans trying to emulate her. Nope, women did not want to be her. Guys didnt really talk about her like she was hot either. People were more caught up in the hype of the show then the actual actor. Piece of shit Baio if anything was the center of attention. Her personality was just not likeable on or off screen.

Was she like a Jennifer Aniston in her day? JA's haircut, The Rachel, made her the breakout star of friends.

Was The Joanie worn by many teenage girls?

r514 Fail.

I thought that in early seasons of the show Erin was great in her role. She was a precocious spitfire with attitude - perfect for the part. She just had that 'quality' but evidently that bright spark faded a long time ago.

To me, Erin and Scott had good chemistry and it was a slow buildup to them becoming close to each other.

The problem may have been though that when producers DID make them a couple, they weren't as interesting anymore. That's probably why the spinoff didn't do very well.

These kids on TV have to grow up very fast, and are vulnerable to exploitation, which can really mess you up. They become more of a 'product' in everyone's eyes and I can't imagine growing up in that way before you've really formed your own identity. Unfortunately, some of them fall into the trap of believing that they will always be 'somebody' and if they don't make the successful transition to an adult acting career, they feel like they've failed.

She was an attractive teenager but unfortunately, didn't age very well. She had throat cancer - probably caused by cigarettes.

Don't know the reason why so many rude comments on this thread. Maybe we want to disassociate ourselves and don't want to feel it.

I think that for a child star to grow up happy and stable in life, they need a fairly strong family away from the cameras and be taught the differences between public and private identity. I've seen some who took a few years off from showbiz when they grew up, to go to college or whatever for a few years. Sometimes they may go back to an entertainment career but quite often, it seems to be this type who are actually more stable, balanced individuals.

What color was it?

I thought she was cute and a competent sitcom actress. No better or worse than, say, anyone on Friends. I love the Dren episode when she fell in love with Potsie. She was best on the show at the beginning when she was a little shit. Otherwise she was just fine.

And when she was going to run away with Pinky to join her band. She was an excellent member of the cast.

If she was so poor, why wasn't she able to apply for Medicaid? Erin had no health insurance or she had it, yet didn't see a doctor? A lot of people do that, they have insurance yet never even get a once year check up.

I had a relative die of colon cancer because he waited too long to see a doctor. He was a str8 married man with three kids, he owned a successful small business, he wasn't stupid yet was "too embarrassed" to get a fucking colonoscopy! He had symptoms, he was bleeding from the rectum and didn't have hemorrhoids. His wife was furious, she told me he was "being an idiot". He always hated doctors to begin with.

It's assumed Erin didn't get her cancer diagnosis until it was too late.

{509} LOL

{R509} Opps. LOL

Another mess.

Just type R and the number. No brackets, parens, or braces.

R524 Thanks!

R512 oh yeah

Will Potsie sing at the funeral?

Did "Sticks" Mandalay introduce her to the joys of dark meat before he became a porn star?

Maureen McGovern says she came away with $400,000 from the Brady Bunch and Johnny "Family Affair" Whittaker said he earned two million by the time he turned 18, so Erin probably made somewhere in between seeing she worked later when the salaries were higher.

[quote]Maureen McGovern says she came away with $400,000 from the Brady Bunch

That's quite impressive since she never appeared on that show.

R530 I was wondering about that, when was she on the show?

lol 😂

r7 He's battling throat cancer from eating his wife's HPV filled pussy out too much.

Sounds like a very aggressive form of cancer that got bad really quickly. Not that many people knew about it - not even her siblings. Her husband said she seemed fine last year but started waking up with blood on her pillow and it kept happening. At first they thought it was tonsillitis but was actually a tumour. From there got real bad and she couldn't eat properly - needed a feeding tube. Husband is claiming the coroner said that the disease had spread to spleen and affected other organs so very little could have been done.

Some are saying that they tried to reach out to help but she refused a lot of the time.

Her brother - who was also in the dark about the cancer - has spoken out a bit more about her earlier life. I have to admit, I know virtually nothing about her family background but it doesn't sound ideal. I remember she was quite chubby in early seasons of Happy Days. During her teen years she was under pressure to lose the weight.

As I figured, the family and parents sound like they were always very dysfunctional.

When you are that young and made into a 'product' - you probably start basing your own self worth on your 'image' and showbiz popularity and it can be very difficult to move on.

'Happy Days' was so widely syndicated and had so many reruns when it was finished. Too bad it wasn't so happy for some of the people involved with it.

Sunday, Monday, Happy Days,

Tuesday, Wednesday, Happy Days,

Thursday, Friday, Happy Days,

Saturday, what a day,

Rockin all week with you.

Big Ang from Mob Wives waited until she had a lemon-size tumor on her throat to get medical help. She died less than a year after she was diagnosed.

R536 we don't know all the symptoms and progress of Erin's form of cancer. So we have no idea what could or couldn't have been done for her.

The link below says: 'throat cancers are fast-growing and hard to diagnose'.

She was a heavy smoker. Maybe she started partly because she was under so much pressure to lose weight during 'Happy Days'.

R507 so how much was she making then?

Who knows what she really died from, unless there is suspicion of murder, they don't do a proper autopsy on the person, unless the family forks out all them money. It very expensive to do that. Unless there is reason for any to suspect that, whatever the doctor says goes and the doctor has no incentive to reveal any details that might lead to criticism.

At least Erin Gray is still alyve.

Erin was put into show business at age 5. With 5 siblings and shitty parents I imagine a big chunk of her fortune was gone by the time the show ended because she was the bread winner. Also as far as looking less period oriented on the show that's been going on long before happy days. Look at Linda Evans on big valley, other than the costumes, the producers didn't even attempt to make her look like someone from that era. she was always styled with a current (1960s) look. Also see the last few seasons of Laverne and Shirley, I think the last years were supposed to be 1966-67, but the kids doing the chant in the opening credits of the last season looked like kids from the early 80s. Also, Penny looked great in the last season of the show and looked very current (1982) and pretty.

When was the funeral?

R541 I wouldn't go so far to say pretty. Somewhat more attractive is accurate. And coke weight loss, very clearly.

Erin was making in the vicinity of 20-25k the last few seasons of the show - same ballpark as Dana Plato (while Gary Coleman was making 100k). It didn't go far for either, clearly.

I doubt Erin was capable of much else - I didn't exactly sense range - but she was good and charming in the role. Unlike say Plato, I certainly don't recall any of her acting moments to be embarrassing. I can think of many worse teen sitcom actresses.

Her hair was always a disaster zone, however.

It's nice to see the "Happy Days" cast at a memorial for her.

Wow! In that picture at R544, Ron Howard is turning into his father.

Cathy Silvers looks good.

Where was Roz Kelly and Suzi Quatro?

Surprised Biao showed up after the shit he said.

r548 WOP cover-up

Where was Henwy Winkwer?

she couldn't even make 600 and one thread full...

...I bet Scott get's that on his speedo years alone.

FWIW, Baio had a short-lived reality show where Moran appeared briefly. Reference was made to them dating when they were younger, as they sat at a table chatting. I don't recall what he said to lead into it, but Moran reminded him that he'd been self-conscious about having sex due to a tiny pecker. Next scene was him pouting to that fuckwad Jason Hervey about what she'd said. It was glorious. The end.

Attention R551 shoppers: Be sure to pick up some much needed magnifying glasses in aisle 11 - now on sale for just $13.97. Have a nice day.

Joanie Loves Sriracha.

I think R234 is maybe the funniest post in the history of DL. Or at least tied with Bootsie Gumdrops.

Why would she havevavtragic life?

By the way, $2 million dollars isn't that much. I would think she would have had more...did her manager cheat her?

Beautiful woman with beautiful smile

She wasn't bad looking. Too bad she didn't have more success post Happy Days.

I was told using too much DEAT could be toxic. And now we know.

She had 80s hair in a 60s role. She just looked stupid'

I wonder when her estate will sue Scott Baio?

Deat-deat, deat-deat, yeah.

I'm just heartbroken. Will any of the Happy Days cast attend her funeral? I haven't seen much of her lately but she did a great guest arc on Law & Order SVU. She was never pretty but she didn't deserve ovarian cancer. #Sad and shocked. RIP.

Jesus Christ on a bike! DEAT!? How could that have happened to her!?

She died last year R565.

Informative Share...thanks for the post...

LOL... I thought this was new news. You know it was sad last days when people have forgotten you died.

Not everyone announces their death half a decade or more before going

Has DLers been commenting on TMZ.

The first comment under her death story:

"I would of loved to have sampled or seen her bush before she passed on. I imagine it was thick - dank and very musty - who could resist that gem?"

Again? Damn!