Caddyshack actress Cindy Morgan died in December 2023. She was age 69.
The actress was discovered useless in her Lake Worth Beach, Florida, residence by her roommate on December 30, TMZ experiences.
The roommate advised the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office that she returned dwelling from a vacation and knocked on Morgan’s bed room door. She didn’t hear a response, however she smelled a powerful odor from inside and known as 911. The authorities entered Morgan’s room and located her physique.
Morgan was final seen alive by her roommate on December 19.
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The authorities advised TMZ that they imagine Morgan died of “natural causes” and located no proof of foul play. An investigation remains to be ongoing.
Prior to her dying, Morgan was greatest identified for her first movie function as Lacey Underall within the 1980 comedy Caddyshack reverse Chevy Chase and Bill Murray. Her character was the nation membership proprietor’s niece, who catches the eye of many males at the venue. She additionally starred within the sci-fi traditional Tron, which hit theaters in 1982. She performed Lora/Yori, Jeff Bridges‘ love curiosity.
Cindy Morgan and Bill Murray in a scene from the 1980 movie ‘Caddyshack.’ Orion Pictures/Getty Images
She additionally appeared on hit TV collection together with The Love Boat, CHiPs, Matlock and The Larry Sanders Show in addition to 16 episodes of Falcon Crest. She produced a trio of sci-fi motion pictures that she starred in within the Nineteen Nineties (Out There, Amanda & the Alien and Dead Weekend).
Though she stopped performing onscreen within the early 2000s, Morgan was an everyday at fan conventions and loved speaking about her previous work.
“Sweet photo from the set of #Caddyshack,” Morgan captioned a nonetheless from the set of the movie through Instagram in June 2023. “Bill Murray’s calmly advising me, and I look as nervous as I should be, playing #LaceyUnderall against four of the funniest men on the planet.”
She added, “What was Bill like? A sweet, big brother who kept me out of trouble… mostly. 😉.”
In a November submit, she revealed that she had two Falcon Crest roles after not telling producers she’d had a smaller half a couple of seasons prior.
“One of the other actresses thought I looked a little too much like her, so she had me rinse my hair auburn,” Morgan recalled. “The producers asked me when my new hair color would be permanent. I told them as soon as my contract was permanent.”
She added, “16 episodes total, two characters. I also ‘forgot’ to tell the producers that I had been on the show before as Lorenzo Lamas’ is love interest. One of the crew recognized me though. Interesting doing a nighttime soap. An emotional roller coaster, and I slapped a lot of people. Kissed a lot of others.”
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