Heather Michele O’Rourke was an American child actress. She made her debut in the horror film Poltergeist as Carol Anne Freeling. She also appeared in Happy Days from 1982 to 1983, on Webster in 1983, as well as appearing in the television-film Surviving: A Family in Crisis in 1985. In early 1987, she became ill with giardiasis, which she contracted from well water at her family’s home in Big Bear Lake, California.
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Heather Michele O’Rourke was an American child actress. She made her debut in the horror film Poltergeist as Carol Anne Freeling. She then reprised the role in the second and third installments. She also appeared in Happy Days from 1982 to 1983, on Webster in 1983, as well as appearing in the television-film Surviving: A Family in Crisis in 1985. In early 1987, she became ill with giardiasis, which she contracted from well water at her family’s home in Big Bear Lake, California. She was prescribed cortisone injections to treat Crohn’s disease, which resulted in facial swelling of the cheeks.
On January 31, 1988, she collapsed in her home and was rushed to Community Hospital in El Cajon. She suffered cardiac arrest, but paramedics were able to restart her heart. She died at 9:30 a.m. on January 25, 1988. She is survived by her mother, Tammy, and her older sister, Kathleen. She had been nominated for six Young Artist Awards, winning one for her role in Webster, and appeared in a total of three films and twelve television series.
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