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

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Sorry, never seen Happy Days until I read your thread and my husband had me watch some of the series on computer.

How Sad, Only 56 years old. That is Go Very Young.
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I find her death a mystery, someone called 911 after they found her unresponsive.
Found her Where?
My husband thought she was married.
Just sad.

Yeah, the Happy Days series became quite a big hit here in Britain and after the small part of
'Fonzi' became a lead character, the television show and merchandising grew into an almost
Beatles-like phenomena for youngsters of a certain age.

The expression 'Jump the shark' came from this series, when Arthur Fonzarelli (Fonzi played
by Henry Winkler) water-skied in an area with a confined shark to show his bravery.



Many believed this silly scene was just to much for a character's belief status and so was born
the phrase to imply the ridiculousness script writers will go to, to garner ratings.

Joanie was the stereotypical sister that never strayed into risque situations and to be candid,
these days would be perceived as a side-character, someone who was their to create the accepted
fifties family sample.

From what I read, Erin Moran fell on hard times and after being married to Rocky Ferguson and
divorcing him in 1993, she then married Steve Fleischmann. The tabloids hint that Moran struggled
with a booze and drugs addiction and had fallen on hard times.