I just found out that Jennifer Runyon passed away recently. The actress who appeared in Ghostbusters died last Friday at the age of 65 after a battle with cancer. How sad, really.



Jennifer Runyon was born in Chicago in 1960, the daughter of a broadcaster and an actress. I guess that's why she ended up in the film industry. Her most memorable role was in Ghostbusters from 1984, where she played a student in that iconic scene with Bill Murray. But she also appeared in Charles in Charge, that 80s sitcom, and participated in Quantum Leap and other series.

What caught my attention the most was what her daughter Bayley wrote on social media: "all the best parts of me come from you." Ugh, that hurts. Jennifer Runyon had stepped back quite a bit from acting in recent years, and she was even working as a teacher. She had moved to Idaho and Oregon to raise her children with her husband Todd Corman, and later returned to Los Angeles to care for her parents.

She is one of those actresses who marked an era but then disappeared from the spotlight. Rest in peace.
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