R.I.P. Cindy Morgan, from Caddyshack and Tron
Morgan co-starred in eye-catching roles in two of the most iconic films of the early '80s
Cindy Morgan has died. An actor best known for roles in iconic ’80s staples Caddyshack and Tron, Morgan’s career charted a surprisingly wide breadth of 1980s cultural touchstones, making her a convention circuit fixture for the rest of her life. Beyond those two films, the Chicago-born Morgan appeared in a number of other TV shows and movies, too, across a career that stretched all the way up to 2022. Per TMZ, which reported her death on Saturday afternoon, Morgan was 69. No cause of death has been reported.
Morgan had a long and winding road to appearing in hit films, having started out in radio—and worked a brief stint in an automotive factory—before breaking in to acting and commercials. She was cast in her very first film, Harold Ramis’ Caddyshack, in 1980, appearing as young bombshell Lacey Underwood, sharing key scenes with stars Chevy Chase and Michael O’Keefe. (Including a memorable sequence in which Lacey attempts to throw Chase’s typically placid Ty off his game with mentions of “skinny-skiing” and “watching bullfights on LSD.”)