"Happy Days" star Don Most is revisiting fond memories of his late castmate Erin Moran. The pair grew close while filming for the hit sitcom, which aired from 1974 to 1984, but Most told Fox News in an interview published Wednesday that he knew there was something special about Moran from day one.
"She had this incredible light in her, even at such a young age. She had this vibrancy that illuminated within her and such a sweetness. And she was such a talent on set. Somehow she combined all of that together," he said.
Moran died in 2017 at age 56 from complications of advanced throat cancer. The former child star struggled with substance abuse earlier in her life, but a final autopsy result showed no drugs were found in her system, TMZ reported.
"Erin was a tortured soul who never recovered after 'Happy Days,'" her brother, Tony Moran, told The Sun said at the time. "Hollywood chewed her up and spat her out."
Despite her struggles, Most said Moran still carried a vibrant essence with her, even when she was sick.
"I saw her probably about a year before she passed. I remember those conversations about our time working together very well. You still felt that light in her," he said. "She hadn’t been diagnosed yet with anything. I found out about six months later that she was sick. But I truly didn’t get a sense that it was that far gone. So when we got the news that she passed I was shocked. But I still remember her — we all do."
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