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Cindy Morgan, 'Caddyshack' star, found dead at 69 after roommate noticed a 'strong odor'
View Date:2024-12-24 00:15:02
Cindy Morgan, best known for her roles in the early 1980s films “Caddyshack” and “Tron,” has died of “natural causes” at the age of 69, according to a report from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office in Florida.
Morgan’s body was discovered in her bedroom in her Lake Worth Beach home on Dec. 30, following a 911 call from her roommate, who last saw Morgan alive eleven days prior, the sheriff’s office told USA TODAY.
The roommate told police that she had just returned from “a holiday visit” when she knocked on Morgan’s door and received no response. The roommate also noticed a “strong odor coming from her room,” according to police.
Morgan is said to have died of “natural causes,” with no foul play suspected, the sheriff’s office said. It’s unclear when Morgan died.
Morgan rose to fame after playing the promiscuous Lacey Underall in the golf comedy “Caddyshack” in 1980 alongside actors Bill Murray, Chevy Chase and Rodney Dangerfield.
In a 2012 interview, Morgan said: “‘Caddyshack’ was my first film and I’ll say that the end product was so completely different, it was originally about the caddies. So at first, I had nothing to lose to audition. It was fun. All I did was focus on making the person sweat. Look ’em in the eye, do that thing many women know how to do.”
It wasn’t long before Morgan’s appearance and mere existence as a female in a then male dominated industry became the center of her acting career. In the same 2012 interview, Morgan recalled a conversation with producer John Peters in which he told her that she was “f***ed in this business” for prohibiting Playboy to take photos of her on set. Morgan said that Playboy came anyway and that her “agent didn’t handle it.”
Morgan found ways to push back. She mentioned that a still of her in "Caddyshack" wearing a FILA shirt without a bra was the most popular photo she sold of herself to her primarily male fan base. In a separate interview included in the Tampa Bay Times, Morgan said “it was 1979, and women had just burned their bras. It was a political statement more than anything."
Morgan is also known for her roles in Disney’s original “Tron" film and the TV series “Falcon Crest” and “CHiPs,” among others.
Her most recent role was voicing Mason’s Mother in the 2022 indie film “Face of the Trinity.”
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