I was a big fan of the earlier episodes of "Happy Days" as a kid, and Joanie could be a funny smart-aleck sister. Unfortunately, Erin had a lot of troubles through the years after her "Joanie Loves Chachi" days. RIP, Erin.
April 23, 2017, 07:54 AM
parabellum
Opioid overdose
Betcha
April 23, 2017, 08:53 AM
arfmel
She always seemed wound up tighter than a ball of twine, even as a kid. May she rest in peace.
April 23, 2017, 10:02 AM
darthfuster
These are the individuals that Hollywood grinds up and spits out. They are flashes in the pan that are here today and gone tomorrow. In a very small way, I know how that feels. It must be difficult to have been and then no more. Seems that is a leveraging factor to the hard life we hear about.
RIP Erin.
You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier
April 23, 2017, 11:25 AM
molachi
Didn't realize she had such a troubled life.
RIP Erin
April 23, 2017, 11:30 AM
GGF
This happened 10 miles from my home. She's been in the newspaper locally the last few years as homeless and in trouble with the law.
This part of the country is overrun with heroin. Dope takes a life everyday around here.
GGF
April 23, 2017, 11:36 AM
wishfull thinker
quote:
This part of the country is overrun with heroin. Dope takes a life everyday around here.
It seems like ti is all parts of the country. It certainly is routine in western Washington.
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April 23, 2017, 12:14 PM
nhtagmember
that is very sad news
she was only a few years younger than me and was one of my childhood icons
drugs - that just sucks
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April 23, 2017, 12:29 PM
coloradohunter44
RIP Erin. Too bad your life fell apart. You sure were a cute kid.
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April 23, 2017, 12:54 PM
nhtagmember
I am wondering if she was hung out to dry by her 'Hollywood friends' or her local friends where she loved, or if she just pushed them all away
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April 23, 2017, 01:38 PM
Ronin1069
Since I heard the news, I have not been able to get this scene out of my head...
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April 23, 2017, 07:13 PM
Rey HRH
RIP. She slipped away into obscurity and a rough life.
"It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946.
April 23, 2017, 07:38 PM
jhe888
I am sorry that she could not hold it together better. RIP.
The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything.
April 23, 2017, 07:45 PM
oddball
Being a child actor is like being an an athlete, one reaches the absolute peak of their lives at a young age, yet 99% of them will see their run last only a few years. Coming back down to Earth and being Joe-Six-Pack is a tough pill to swallow, given their lack of education and being coddled for years. Moran worked in an era when TV salaries were not that supercharged (and residual deals were almost nonexistent), so I can't imagine her banking a whole lotta dough, especially given her limited resume as a bit player on Happy Days, and a one season co star of a long forgotten TV show.
Her story is an all too common one in the entertainment/ sports business.
"I’m not going to read Time Magazine, I’m not going to read Newsweek, I’m not going to read any of these magazines; I mean, because they have too much to lose by printing the truth"- Bob Dylan, 1965
April 23, 2017, 10:13 PM
rscalzo
She's the only one from that series that fell into despair. the rest had their careers continue in some manner to this day.
