Erin Moran, "Joanie" From Happy Days, Dead At 56
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Happy Days Star Erin Moran has died at 56.
Erin Moran, best known for playing Joanie Cunningham on the 1970s sitcom “Happy Days,” has died. She was 56.
According to TMZ, Moran’s body was found unresponsive Saturday afternoon by authorities in Indiana.
A cause of death has not been determined, according to the Harrison County Sheriff's Department, but the Daily Mail is citing local sources who say she died of a possible heroin overdose.
The California-born actress, who also starred in the “Happy Days” spinoff “Joanie Loves Chachi,” had fallen on hard times in recent years. She was reportedly kicked out of her trailer park home in Indiana because of her hard-partying ways.