found dead at 54 at home.
found dead at 54 at home.
my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicts to complete nutcases.
Yet another former child star meeting a sad end. This cycle will never end. RIP
I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.'- Bob Newhart
Wow, I just saw her on a tabloid yesterday while waiting in line at the grocery store. It was about stars who now work regular jobs. She looked pretty scary...
Well, I guess she was part of a hot singing duo with Scott Baio
She was great in Galaxy Of Terror.
You are correct - every child star eventually dies...!Originally Posted by Jerjo
Sounds like she struggled with drugs for years. Very sad that this seems to happen way too much to child stars.
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Really hits home when people younger than me are dying off. Rest in peace, Erin.
We're trying to build a monument to show that we were here
It won't be visible through the air
And there won't be any shade to cool the monument to prove that we were here. - Gene Parsons, 1973
While many are quick to point out that she had struggled with addiction in the past, autopsy reports have cited she passed away due to cancer.
Wouldn't you be dying at the hospital in that case?
Anyways, I had no ideas that Happy Days ran from 74 to 84 and only lasted 10 years (especially given the first seasons when the had Rock Around The Clock as the sitcom's theme)... I'd have imagined it starting in the late 60's, and it seemed to run for 20 years
my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicts to complete nutcases.
Maybe... Maybe not. She possibly could not afford to be hospitalized or possibly chose not to seek hospitalization. Either way, that's not my business or my personal battle to judge.
If this had been the Allan Holdsworth thread...
Yep.
, silly me... European reflex, sorry... on this side of the pond, you don't have to be able to afford to be hospitalized
I know Obamacare is there, but apparently this plan only solved the situation for only 1/3 to 1/2 of those who weren't covered, prior to its introduction, thus leaving still 30 millions out.
Somehow I doubt Moran was that broke to be part of that bracket of the population.
my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicts to complete nutcases.
I don't know what the theme music has to do with it, but Happy Days was the direct result of the success of American Graffiti, which came out in 73, I think. Originally, the pilot for Happy Days been done a couple years earlier, which was bought by ABC, who aired it as an episode of Love, American Style.
Then when ABC was looking for something they could do jump on the 50's bandwagon after American Graffiti took off, they realized they not only had a property with a similar theme, but it had one of the kids from the movie in it, so that's when they kicked the show into production.
Some people know when they are dying, and the last thing they want is a bunch of strangers administering your medication, whether it's the problem with not enough pain relief or the fact that there are many nurses out there who believe they are there to play God and put people out of their misery.
I know Obamacare is there, but apparently this plan only solved the situation for only 1/3 to 1/2 of those who weren't covered, prior to its introduction, thus leaving still 30 millions out.
Somehow I doubt Moran was that broke to be part of that bracket of the population.
Regardless, the idea that healthcare is a right is naive at best. The people that work those jobs have to eat, pay mortgage and other bills just as much as anyone else.
Thanks for the background... Didn't know
I totally dig that... The last thing I'd wish is for doctors to persevere in treating someone who doesn't want it... In Belgium and a couple of other countries, ethanasia is legal, nd I'm all for it.. My dad and uncle got it, and we're all happy they "departed" in a dgnified manner... I'd probably auto-euthanize myself if doctors didn't do it for me, if i asked them to.
Of course the health workers are paid in Europe (though some are doing it amost for free - French doctors), as the state pays the bills for those who can't pay because they don't have insurance. My guess is that 95% of US citizens living in europe (Nato or others) consider this plan as normal (even necessary) once they've understood how it works.
This doesn't mean we don't have "quarter-world street-bums" who die in the downtown streets or squatted buildings/slums, but at least they've been offered some kind of medical assistance, if the concerned authorities are aware of their existence.
my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicts to complete nutcases.
SCOTT BAIO ON ERIN MORAN
I WOULDN'T HAVE RAISED DRUG ISSUES
If I Knew About the Cancer
source
Scott Baio feels terrible for ripping his co-star, Erin Moran, for her drug use and says he never would have done it if he'd known she was battling cancer.
Scott tells TMZ he was wrong to insinuate Erin -- his "Happy Days" and "Joanie Loves Chachi" co-star -- had died from drug-related problems. He went pretty hard on her during a radio interview Monday morning.
He tells us he went to bed Sunday reading reports she'd possibly died of a heroin overdose, and went into the interview with that in mind. He was upset he'd lost Erin to drugs after she wrestled with substance abuse for years.
However, hours after he went off the air ... officials in Indiana announced Erin had likely died from complications of stage 4 cancer. Scott says if he had known, he would've kept his mouth shut.
He tells us Erin never disclosed her diagnosis to him -- even after his wife, Renee, spoke to her just last month. He adds ... Renee has battled cancer herself several times, so losing Erin this way hits close to home.
Keep in mind: Erin Moran and Scott Baio dated for a time while they were co-stars.
One news source claimed she had been recently evicted from a mobile home park and was also battling alcoholism.
I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.'- Bob Newhart
I read a piece on CNN when the story first broke that quoted Donnie Most but referred to him as just Malph LOL...
Been reading some of the comments on the news sites. Henry Winkler and Ron Howard are getting roasted by dumbasses asking why they didn't "reach out" and help her. Who knows whether they did or didn't? It's nobody's business.
Don't want to take this into a political discussion, but these two ideas are not mutually exclusive.
I had heard that Ms. Moran had cancer, which of course is always sad - terrible disease - but most of us have at least heard of her struggles over the years. I always had the impression that she did not lead the happiest life.
Music isn't about chops, or even about talent - it's about sound and the way that sound communicates to people. Mike Keneally
My point is that medical personnel should be paid according to what an open market will bear, NOT what some group of elitists think they should be limited to earn. The context of the comment was in response to someone from Europe (I.E, Socialist healthcare system).
Yeah, she was a druggie and lived in a mobile home. We'll probably never know the cause of the cancer, though.
Responding to this would probably break forum rules, so let's just agree to very much disagree, then.
Music isn't about chops, or even about talent - it's about sound and the way that sound communicates to people. Mike Keneally
YOU ARE NOT ALONE!
"My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician, and to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference"
President Harry S. Truman
There's plenty of people in her situation that refuse help. Or they've been given help before and fell off the wagon. She had made some antagonistic comments about the others in the cast before so I suppose it's possible she burned some bridges. Who knows what has happened between her and those guys.
I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.'- Bob Newhart
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