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'Happy Days' Actress Erin Moran Dead At 56

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Happy Days actress Erin Moran has died at age 56, reports CBS News.

Officials with the Harrison County dispatch in Indiana were called to her residence around 4:10 p.m. Saturday and they said they discovered an "unresponsive" female, according to reports.

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The woman was later identified as Erin Marie Moran. She was declared dead at the scene, officials said.

An autopsy is pending.

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Moran, played the spunky Joanie Cunningham on ABC's long-running sitcom "Happy Days," and on its short-lived spinoff "Joanie Loves Chachi."

TMZ has reported the former sitcom star had fallen on hard times. Out of money, she and her husband were reportedly kicked out of a trailer park in Indiana for "hard partying."

Moran's other credits include "Love Boat," "Murder, She Wrote," "The Bold and the Beautiful," and VH-1's "Celebrity Fit Club" a decade ago.

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