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Erin Moran, Joanie from Happy Days, Passes Away at 56

Erin Moran, who portrayed Joannie Cunningham on the hit TV series Happy Days, passes away at 56 in Indiana from unknown causes.

Apr 23, 2017

Garry Marshall, Happy Days Creator, Passes Away at 81

Director and TV icon Garry Marshall succumbed to complications from pneumonia in Burbank, California.

Jul 20, 2016

Happy Days Synopsis

One of the most successful series of the 1970s is Happy Days, which is set in the late 1950s, early 1960s in Milwaukee, the heart of middle-class America. Happy Days tells the story of the Cunninghams, one of America's most beloved TV families played by Tom Bosley (Howard), Erin Moran (Joanie), Marion Ross (Marion), and Ron Howard (Richie). Richie and Joanie had an older brother, Chuck (Gavan O'Herlihy and Randolph Roberts), but he was phased out by the third season. Richie, who hangs out at Arnold's Drive-In with his buddies Potsie Weber (Anson Williams) and Ralph Malph (Donny Most), forms a close bond with neighborhood greaser, the Fonz (Henry Winkler). Living in an apartment above the Cunningham garage, the Fonz gives Richie advice on just about everything that he wants to know. Wearing his leather jacket atop his motorcycle while saying phrases like "aaaayyyy" and "sit on it," the Fonz is the king of cool and quickly became a cultural icon. As time passed, additional characte