GHOSTBUSTERS ACTOR DIES AGED 65 AFTER BRIEF CANCER BATTLE

• American actor Jennifer Runyon, known for her roles in 1980s productions such as Ghostbusters and Charles in Charge, passed away on Friday at the age of 65.
• Her death was confirmed by close friend and actor Erin Murphy, who stated Runyon had a “brief battle with cancer”.
• Runyon, born in Chicago in 1960, came from a show-business family and began her acting career in the late 1970s.
• She played a young woman in Ghostbusters who encounters Bill Murray's character, and also had a prominent role as Gwendolyn Pierce in the first season of Charles in Charge.
• Runyon retired from Hollywood in 2016 to raise her two children, Wyatt and Bayley, with her husband Todd Corman.

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Jennifer Runyon death: Ghostbusters and Charles in Charge actor dies aged 65

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2026-03-09T09:47:12Z