Tron, Caddyshack and more, has died. She was 69.On Friday (January 6), Morgan’s death was confirmed by the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s office in Florida.
While they said that Morgan’s death was a result of natural causes, they have yet to disclose when it occurred.Morgan, who was raised in Chicago, began her career as a model, before being casted as Lacey Underall in the 1980 sports comedy Caddyshack.
In interviews, she claimed that producer John Peters pressured her into doing a photoshoot for Playboy, which she resisted, and it was eventually cancelled by director Harold Ramis.“The real transformation came when producer John Peters sprung on me the night before that Playboy was coming to the set to shoot me and I said no,” said Morgan, in a 2012 interview. “They came anyway and Peters said, ‘You are fucked in this business!’”Morgan’s next film appearance was in Disney’s 1982 sci-fi blockbuster, Tron.
Starring alongside Jeff Bridges and Bruce Boxleitner, she played computer engineer Dr. Lora Baines and her digital alter-ego, Yori.
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