{"id":38055,"date":"2015-07-07T12:29:32","date_gmt":"2015-07-07T02:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/?p=38055"},"modified":"2015-07-07T12:29:32","modified_gmt":"2015-07-07T02:59:32","slug":"vale-amanda-peterson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/2015\/07\/07\/vale-amanda-peterson\/","title":{"rendered":"Vale – Amanda Peterson"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Amanda Peterson – 1971-2015<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

American actress, and star of teen favorite 1987’s Can’t Buy me Love<\/em>, Amanda Peterson has passed away.<\/p>\n

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Ms Peterson’s first film role came as an extra in the musical film Annie,<\/em> in 1982. Following several guest appearances on television, as well as a regular spot on short-lived show Boone<\/em>, Ms Peterson was cast in a lead role in Joe Dante’s Explorers<\/em>, a box office flop but eventual cult hit, in 1985. More television roles followed, before she once more hit the big screen, this time opposite future Grey’s Anatomy<\/em> star Patrick Dempsey, in Can’t Buy me Love<\/em>, in 1987. Becoming a teen icon, Ms Peterson appeared in only a few more productions, mainly television (Doogie Howser MD<\/em>) movies, before her final on-screen credit in 1994’s WindRunner<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Ms Peterson’s body was found on July 5th, 2015. The cause of death has not been announced. Ms Peterson was 43, and had two children.<\/p>\n

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Amanda Peterson with co-star Patrick Dempsey in Can’t Buy Me Love, 1987.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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