No More Happy Days, Homeless Erin Moran Turns 52
Oct. 18 2012, Published 12:00 p.m. ET
By Amber Goodhand - Breaking Celebrity News News Editor
Erin Moran has had happier days and certainly happier birthdays, so as the embattled homeless actress turns 52 on Thursday, Breaking Celebrity News takes a look through her recent battles.
Erin won America's heart as Richie Cunningham's fresh-faced little sister Joanie on the hit 70s sitcom Happy Days, but fell on tough times after she was evicted from her California home and then later kicked out of the trailer she was sharing with her husband Steve Fleischmann and his elderly mother.
As Breaking Celebrity News previously reported, Erin blew through a cash settlement she was awarded by CBS over merchandise revenue and her non-stop partying has left her jumping from cheap motel to cheap motel with her hubby in Corydon, Indiana.
"She was going out and coming home at all hours of the night, sometimes with her rowdy bar friends, and Steve’s mom just couldn’t take it anymore, so she told Erin to leave," a source said, and then she had the same problem at her hotel.
"On several occasions the hotel management warned Erin to curb her unruly behavior, but they finally had enough of her temper and demanded that she immediately leave the property."
One eyewitness who was privy to a night of Erin's partying told Breaking Celebrity News that even though she was drinking alcohol, she didn't appear wasted, it "almost seemed like she was just nuts. She was just kind of out there!"
The source continued, "She was real goofy and silly acting. She said she was heading over to the bar for a tequila shot, but actually stayed with us instead and hung out for the next three or four hours outside in the grass.
"She talked about her husband, and she said he'd been working at Walmart for 20 years. I asked her what she was doing there because I didn’t know she had lost