graygun
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She died two days ago at 56. Acting began at age 5 on an ad and was in tv episodes on Daktari,Gunsmoke and others.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erin_Moran
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erin_Moran
Erin Moran
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Don Lovel
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her life story the last few years is pretty sad. Supposedly living in a trailer park in Indiana. I am not going to be surprised if opiates show up in the autopsy drug screen.
I also wonder how bad she got abused sexually in her Hollywood career, my guess is a bunch if what other child actors is more the norm
I also wonder how bad she got abused sexually in her Hollywood career, my guess is a bunch if what other child actors is more the norm
mohavesam
Hawkeye
graygun said:
Wow. Reports are she died of cancer. Judge much?
smoke-eater
Blackhawk
Another 1970's icon gone. May Erin rest in peace.
One more reminder of the relentless passing of time.
Jeff
One more reminder of the relentless passing of time.
Jeff
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Initial reports said possible OD, before they had any facts aparently. Then they say she died of cancer. No apologies for the initial error/ slander. Of course not really an error at all, they could have said it was a possible polar bear attack. Until the autopsy anything was possible.
I really wish the media, wouldn't say anything until they have some facts. Too bad ethics is a thing of the past.
I really wish the media, wouldn't say anything until they have some facts. Too bad ethics is a thing of the past.
Rick Courtright
Hawkeye
Hi,
I always liked her as Joanie Cunningham, and never really kept up with her career or life afterwards. It sounds like that life was kinda tough, and it's sad to hear that regardless of the cause, it ended so relatively young. Rest in peace, Erin, and may those happy days finally be yours.
Rick C
I always liked her as Joanie Cunningham, and never really kept up with her career or life afterwards. It sounds like that life was kinda tough, and it's sad to hear that regardless of the cause, it ended so relatively young. Rest in peace, Erin, and may those happy days finally be yours.
Rick C
eveled said:
With stage 4 cancer it wouldn't be surprising if she did have opiates in her system. Morphine is an opiate.
This isn't a popular opinion, but after held my mom's had as she died from cancer it's mine.
We euthanize animals if they are beyond medical help, yet we keep humans alive and let them suffer. It is not a kindness.
We euthanize animals if they are beyond medical help, yet we keep humans alive and let them suffer. It is not a kindness.
Jeepnik said:
You hit a nerve there with me. I was an Animal Control Officer for 22+ years. I sat in the hospital with my mother-in-law for 3 days while she died of late stage colon /liver/bone cancer. She had a straight morphine going and was still screaming in pain. At one point I told the nurses there that if my MIL was an animal and someone was letting her die like this I would arrest them for cruelty.
Rick Courtright
Hawkeye
redhawker said:
Hi,
RH, your words are nearly identical to those my brother in law's Mom spoke 25 years ago when his Dad passed. Both his parents grew up on farms, and she said if they'd EVER treated an animal like we do people, they'd have been in jail in a heartbeat.
As to the morphine, I lost a dear friend to cancer almost 20 years ago. She'd wasted away to nearly nothing--it took her about 12 hours to get one of those little cans of Ensure down, one spoonful at a time--and was in tremendous pain constantly. Her mother, a retired nurse who was caring for her in her last few weeks, kept asking the doctor to put her daughter on morphine, as anyone on the street could tell she was almost gone. Doctor didn't want to do it, for fear the patient would become addicted! He finally gave in, and my friend had morphine the last 24 hours of her life. Unbelievable.
Rick C
mistermills357
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This sucks! Fox News has the cause of death as throat cancer. It is like someone that I know has died.
I thought euthanasia was legal in some states, i.e. Oregon for one.
Sorry you had to go through that, I do agree with your sentiment...
Colonialgirl
Hawkeye
When my sister in law was dying from cancer of the womb that had spread, my brother discovered that letting her smoke MJ eased the pain and nausea enough that she could eat and get some sleep; The cancer had spread and was beyond treatment.
Rick, I'm sorry to hear about your friend. You've written about it before so it must be a long lived painful memory. My X was a BSRN and she would tell me that Drs. would sometimes give people morphine to "snow them under" in order to hasten their inevitable death. I don't know, but it may not have been a coincidence that she passed away 24 hours later. Nobody should have to suffer like thatRick Courtright said:
opos
Buckeye
We care for our pets and when they suffer and there is no hope we put them down...I've always felt that the pets I've had in years past and the one's I've had to have put down were watching me suffer ...they would take the action through their love for me and have me taken out of my misery if only they could...but in our "human world" the do gooders "know better" and will intercede where love and simple kindness dictate an end is due..and we keep the suffering "alive" and suffering.
My Dad..a robust, active and great guy developed liver/pancreatic cancer and was diagnosed in September of '77..the "doctors" at the clinic where he lived got really agressive with my Mother until she enlisted the aid of an attorney to meet his wishes and to avoid the then brand new program called Chemotherapy...he made the comment he'd had a wonderful life...everything was fulfilled...he made great arrangements to have my Mother cared for after his death and just wanted to be allowed to die at home unless he became too much of a burden on Mom...
He was allowed to slip away and he died in January of '78 with his family around him...but left to the morons at that clinic he would have become some grotesque "test case" for some unproven practice (back then) all based on money.
I speak from some personal experience as my Wife is a cancer survivor (11 years now) and she was treated with the modern methods that saved her but also treated with respect and with a positive approach...had she been incurable we had already talked about how she wanted to be cared for...
Amazing you can get married without a lawyer...but not divorced...you can be born with no "professional intervention" but just show up with cancer or some other major issue and suddenly you are at the mercy of "helpers"...
Joanie...RIP and glad you suffer no more.
My Dad..a robust, active and great guy developed liver/pancreatic cancer and was diagnosed in September of '77..the "doctors" at the clinic where he lived got really agressive with my Mother until she enlisted the aid of an attorney to meet his wishes and to avoid the then brand new program called Chemotherapy...he made the comment he'd had a wonderful life...everything was fulfilled...he made great arrangements to have my Mother cared for after his death and just wanted to be allowed to die at home unless he became too much of a burden on Mom...
He was allowed to slip away and he died in January of '78 with his family around him...but left to the morons at that clinic he would have become some grotesque "test case" for some unproven practice (back then) all based on money.
I speak from some personal experience as my Wife is a cancer survivor (11 years now) and she was treated with the modern methods that saved her but also treated with respect and with a positive approach...had she been incurable we had already talked about how she wanted to be cared for...
Amazing you can get married without a lawyer...but not divorced...you can be born with no "professional intervention" but just show up with cancer or some other major issue and suddenly you are at the mercy of "helpers"...
Joanie...RIP and glad you suffer no more.
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