“Happy Days” star Erin Moran died broke and homeless despite the best efforts of her sitcom support community, industry acquaintances said Sunday.
Moran, 56, who played meddlesome little sister Joanie Cunningham, fell on hard times, and was reduced with her husband to sharing a trailer home in Indiana with her mother-in-law before they were kicked out.
But even that rock-bottom existence had an escape route if only Moran had reached out, said people who knew of her troubles.
That included “The Donna Reed Show” actor Paul Petersen, who penned a pair of notes explaining that Moran had a solid support system, but seemingly chose not to use it.
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