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Erin Moran, who played Joanie Cunningham in Happy Days, dies aged 56.
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For some, she was their 'TV sister' and in the world of make-believe, Joanie ticked all
the boxes of being part of a Americana family. RIP.

Erin Moran, who played Joanie Cunningham in Happy Days, dies aged 56.

'Erin Moran, who played Joanie Cunningham in the sitcoms Happy Days and Joanie
Loves Chachi, has died aged 56.

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Police in Harrison County, Indiana, said the former child star was found unresponsive
after authorities received an emergency call. The cause of her death has not been determined.

Californian-born Moran began acting in TV and movies before she was 10 years old and joined
the cast in Happy Days as Joanie, the kid sister to Ron Howard's Richie Cunningham, in 1974.

Her other co-stars included Tom Bosley and Marion Ross as Joanie's parents and Henry Winkler
as the loveable tough guy Arthur "The Fonz" Fonzarelli.

"What happened with all of us was like we were this family," Moran told Xfinity in 2009. "It was so
surreal with all the cast members. They were my family, get it?"

The show was set in 1950s Milwaukee and became a long-running hit. Howard and Winkler were
the show's biggest stars, but the smiling, freckle-faced Moran also became popular.

In 1982, she was paired off with fellow Happy Days performer Scott Baio in the short-lived spin-off
Joanie Loves Chachi. Moran returned to Happy Days in 1984, the show's final season.

On news of her death, Howard tweeted: "Such sad sad news. RIP Erin. I'll always choose to
remember you on our show making scenes better, getting laughs and lighting up TV screens."...'
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Erin Moran, who played Joanie Cunningham in Happy Days, dies aged 56. - by BIAD - 04-23-2017, 09:31 AM

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