Today isn't such a happy day.
Erin Moran, who starred as Joanie Cunningham on Happy Days, is no longer with us. The former actress was found unresponsive on Saturday, April 22 and was pronounced dead on the scene by officers of the Harrison County Sheriff's Department.
Moran was a California native that began acting at age 5. She landed a commercial with First Federal Bank and played small roles in the 1960s and 70s before becoming Joanie Cunningham in 1974 for Happy Days. She was 12 when she got the role and the show lasted for 10 years.
At 22, she starred in Joanie Loves Chachi, a spin-off from Happy Days with Joanie's love interest Chachi Arcola, played by Scott Baio. The show only had 17 episodes. After it ended, Moran made a few appearances in other shows before giving up her acting career in the mid-1980s.
Moran married her second husband, Steven Fleischmann in 1993 and in 2012, they moved in with her mother-in-law in Indiana so she could become her caretaker.
Ron Howard, who played her older brother Richie Cunningham, took to Twitter after hearing about her passing. "Such sad sad news. I'll choose to remember you on our show making scenes better, getting laughs and lighting up tv screens."
Moran died at 56 and left behind husband Steven Fleischmann. An autopsy is currently pending for cause of death.
Update 05/11/17: Moran died of throat cancer. She hid her battle with the disease from her family.
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