dead at age 56
http://www.tmz.com/2017/04/22/happy-days-star-erin-moran-dead/
shareOmg... R.I.P. I remember hearing about her troubled life. The last I heard she was homeless and I did wonder what happened to her after that because that was a few years ago.
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Had a friend who worked catering for Happy Days, and a friend who was a grip and both told me way back when Days was on the air that Baio was a racist prick.
As for Erin, this same service food person said Erin was pretty nice, but she could tell there was something SAD around her. She told me that Erin always seemed like a basket case, and looked like she was always about to cry. She told me her energy was just heavy and not in a good way. Also that she seemed to have to make herself smile. Not repeating most of what the grip told me about Erin, but he said back then that she deserves some rest. I said rest from the show? He said, no a rest from life. I said huh? He said never mind. There was talk going around that she was allegedly molested as a kid during the Daktari days (Not sure if it was a relative or what), and she spoke of allegedly being raped during Happy Days. I believe she knew this person well (Rumor has it that it was a fellow actor on the show. All she ever said was that the rape happened during Days, and she'd always of course get emotional when she mentioned this alleged rape).
Poor thing. She looked far older than 56 years of age. You could see on her face and tell from her body that she wasn't aging well, and most of that came through sad, difficult and hard living. She's mercifully at REST. God Bless her. I Hope she finds peace wherever she is.
That's very sad. I wondered how she got from Hollywood to Indiana. I assume she met her husband in Southern California, then things went from bad to worse, and they ended up living with his mother in Indiana. I believe I read that she bought a house after Happy Days was over but later lost it.
I read somewhere that she recanted the story about being raped by a co-star. It is possible she might have lied. Who knows? But I also read about her getting molested by a family member, that might be true, or a falsehood as well. Regardless, it's obvious she had deep seated emotional issues. That is sad, her career ended in her 20's. Someone could have given her a break. Maybe she should have returned to school and obtained another field. I think she would have been great in a role as a matriarch, nun, or teacher.
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