Can’t Buy Me Love Star Amanda Peterson Found Dead!!!
We are truly saddened by the news that Can’t Buy Me Love Star Amanda Peterson Found Dead in her home in Greeley, Colorado.
CelebNMusic247.com has learned that Amanda Peterson, best known for her role 1987 romantic comedy, Can’t Buy Me Love, as the Cindy Mancini opposite Patrick Dempsy has died.
According to her father, he says that the family hadn’t heard from 43-year-old Amanda since July 3rd and became concerned. Her body was finally discovered in her home on July 5.
Amanda’s father reportedly opened up about his daughter’s health issues.
“She had some illness and a sleep apnea problem that may have contributed.”
We’re also told Peterson had been dealing with several medical issues over the past 2 years — including pneumonia, sinusitis and sleep apnea.
Peterson’s father also says she had been living in a home with mold issues … but moved out about a year ago.
She left the entertainment industry altogether in 1994 and had been living in Colorado for years.
We’re told she went back to school several years ago — but dropped out around 2010. Recently, we’re told she had been trying to make it as a writer.
Sarah Michelle Gellar, Lance Bass and Scott Foley are among the Hollywood stars who have taken to Twitter to express their condolences for Amanda Peterson:
Gellar said, she “used to want to be” Peterson when she was growing up.
Watch the last few minutes of Can’t Buy Me Love:
Our condolences to Amanda Peterson’s family and friends.
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