Overview
- Friends, including actress Erin Murphy, said she died after a brief battle with cancer, a detail not specified in the family’s initial statement.
- The death was announced on Facebook by relatives, while her daughter Bayley Corman posted a public tribute on Instagram.
- Runyon became widely known for a memorable early scene in Ghostbusters (1984) and for playing Gwendolyn Pierce on the sitcom Charles in Charge.
- Her screen work spanned films and TV across the 1980s and 1990s before she stepped back from acting and later worked as a teacher.
- Colleagues, journalists, and fans shared tributes as obituaries and retrospectives appeared across major outlets on March 9 and 10.