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Phyllis Amanda Peterson (July 8, 1971 – July 3, 2015) was an American actress, most known for her role as Cindy Mancini in the 1987 comedy film Can't Buy Me Love. Early life Peterson was born in Greeley, Colorado, the youngest of three children born to James Peterson, an ear, nose, and throat specialist, and his wife Sylvia. She had two older siblings: a sister, Anne Marie and a brother, James Jr. Peterson began acting as a child and used the name "Amanda Peterson" in a professional capacity. At the beginning of her career, she used the name "Mandy Peterson", which was what friends and family called her. Career At age seven, Peterson made her stage debut as Gretl in the University of Northern Colorado's stage production of The Sound of Music. At 11, she won a role in the musical film Annie as a dancing extra. Peterson went on to land guest spots on Father Murphy and Silver Spoons. She also appeared in more than 50 television commercials. During the 1983–84 television season, she co-starred as Squirt Sawyer on the NBC drama series Boone. Boone was canceled after one season. In 1985, Peterson won her first starring role in the feature film Explorers. The next year, she co-starred as "Sunny Sisk" in the Emmy Award-winning miniseries A Year in the Life. The miniseries was highly acclaimed; it was the third-highest-rated miniseries of the 1986–87 U.S. television season with a 16.9/27 rating/share. Later it was adapted into a television series of the same name and aired on NBC from 1987 to 1988. For her work on the series, Peterson won a Young Artist Award for Best Young Actress Starring in a Television Drama Series. Despite being well received, A Year in the Life was canceled after one season. In 1986, 15-year-old Peterson was cast in the teen comedy Boy Rents Girl, opposite Patrick Dempsey. The film was shot on location in Tucson, Arizona. The title was later changed to Can't Buy Me Love after producers secured the rights to The Beatles' 1964 song of the same name. Released in the summer of 1987, Can't Buy Me Love received mixed reviews but became the sleeper hit of the summer. After its release, Peterson and Dempsey achieved teen idol status. They appeared on the covers of teen magazines such as Tiger Beat and Teen Beat. Two months after her death, in a September 2015 interview with talk show The Doctors, Peterson's family revealed that she had been raped at age 15 and had not disclosed it at the time, even to her sister. In 1988, Peterson co-starred in a Roger Corman production, the post-apocalyptic film The Lawless Land, followed by a role in the 1989 teen drama Listen to Me. Later that year, she returned to Greeley, where she graduated from University High School (while working in Los Angeles, she was privately tutored). Shortly after graduating, she starred in the television movie Fatal Charm. That fall, Peterson enrolled at Middlebury College., where she appeared in a black box production of the Sarah Daniels play Masterpieces. While on semester break, she appeared in a guest spot on Doogie Howser, M.D. Later that year, Peterson dropped out of Middlebury College. In 1994, she returned to acting in the fantasy film WindRunner in a role alongside Jason Wiles. It was Peterson's final onscreen role. Later years In 1994, Peterson retired from the entertainment industry and returned to her hometown of Greeley. According to her father, she left Hollywood to "choose a new path in her life." After briefly attending Middlebury College, she enrolled at Colorado State University for a year. Peterson later studied at the University of Northern Colorado. In 2012, she briefly modeled for a Colorado photographer. Peterson was twice married and had two children. She was first married to Joseph Robert Skutvik. After their divorce, she married David Hartley. Peterson and Hartley were reportedly divorced at the time of her death. Between October 2000 and May 2012, Peterson was arrested five times for the offenses of third-degree assault, harassment, DUI, and possession of drug paraphernalia and suspicion of distributing a Schedule 2 controlled substance. From September to December 2005, she spent nearly three months in jail. Peterson's last arrests were for a misdemeanor DUI and possession of narcotics equipment charge in April 2012, and suspicion of child abuse in May 2012, which was later dropped. According to her father, she had previously struggled with drug issues, but was drug-free at the time of her death and had become "quite religious." He also said that, in recent years, Peterson had had sleep apnea and bouts of pneumonia and sinusitis. For the last three years of her life, Peterson was receiving disability benefits and lived alone in an apartment in Greeley, Colorado. Death Peterson was reported missing on July 3, 2015, after her family grew concerned when she missed a planned dinner. Two days later, on July 5, she was found dead at her home by Greeley police at the age of 43. Though her apartment door was unlocked, authorities found no evidence of foul play. In an interview with Entertainment Tonight following Peterson's death, her mother stated that while her daughter had dealt with drug issues in the past, she believed her to be drug-free at the time of her death, emphasizing that it "was not in any way a drug thing." An autopsy was scheduled for July 6 by the Weld County coroner, with results released on September 2, 2015. The examination revealed Peterson's death resulted from an accidental drug overdose. She had recently undergone a hysterectomy and was prescribed Gabapentin for pain management. Additionally, she had been taking morphine, obtained from a friend a week prior. The coroner attributed her death to respiratory failure triggered by a "morphine effect." Peterson was later cremated. Filmography Awards and nominations See also List of solved missing person cases References External links Amanda Peterson at IMDb Amanda Peterson at the TCM Movie Database . Discover the James Peterson popular books. Find the top 100 most popular James Peterson books.
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Rise
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Patronising Bastards
Quentin LettsFrom the Sunday Times bestselling author of 50 People Who Buggered Up Britain, Quentin Letts, comes his blistering new book on how Britain's outoftouch, illiberal elite fills its b...
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The Chapo Guide to Revolution
Chapo Trap HouseInstant New York Times bestseller “Howard Zinn on acid or some bullsht like that.” Tim Heidecker The creators of the culthit podcast Chapo Trap House deliver a manifesto for everyo...
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School of Fish
Ben PollingerFrom the acclaimed executive chef of a Michelinstarred seafood restaurant comes a comprehensive, beautifully designed guide to cooking fish, for home cooks of all skill levels.Scho...
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The Burial Circle
Kate EllisA skeleton discovered. A murder to be solved . . . On a stormy night in December, a tree is blown down on an isolated Devon farm. When the fallen tree is dragged away, a rucksack i...
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The Mechanical Devil
Kate EllisSecrets never stay buried for long . . . When archaeologist Neil Watson unearths a longburied mechanical figure in a Dartmoor field, he is determined to discover the truth behind t...
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You Are Loved
Catherine BjörkstenWe all have spirit guides. Get to know yours.Guardians and angels, goddesses, animals and totems and elemental spirits discover who your guides are and how they can power you thro...
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Swearing
Geoffrey HughesTracing the history of swearing from ancient AngloSaxon traditions and those of the Middle Ages, through Shakespeare, the Enlightenment and the Victorians, to the Lady Chatterley t...
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Life Hacks from the Buddha
Dr Tony FernandoHow to be calm and content in a chaotic world 50 ancient pearls of wisdom anyone can use for a stressfree and happy lifeIn this practical and easytofollow book, clinical psychiatri...
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The World According to Clarkson
Jeremy ClarksonJeremy Clarkson, shares his opinions on just about everything in The World According to Clarkson. Jeremy Clarkson has seen rather more of the world than most. He has, as they say, ...
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How to Make Him Commit to You Easily In 7 Days
James F. PetersonAre you beat from trying to get a man to commit to you? Does it feel like you've looked under every rock for the man that wants you for the rest of his life? Are you tire...
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Post-Truth
Evan Davis'A Malcolm Gladwellstyle social psychology/behavioural economics primer' Evening StandardLowlevel dishonesty is rife everywhere, in the form of exaggeration, selective use of facts...
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For Crying Out Loud
Jeremy ClarksonJeremy Clarkson, shares his opinions on just about everything in For Crying Out Loud.The publication of The World According to Clarkson in 2004 launched a multimillion copy bestsel...
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As I Was Saying . . .
Jeremy ClarksonAs I Was Saying... is the seventh book in Jeremy Clarkson's bestselling The World According to Clarkson series.Crikey, the world according to Clarkson's been a funny old place of l...
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The Birth of Tragedy
Friedrich Nietzsche, Michael Tanner & Shaun WhitesideNietzsche's first published book, The Birth of Tragedy is a compelling argument for the necessity of art in lifeThis landmark work of criticism is fuelled by Nietzsche's enthusiasm...
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The California Seafood Cookbook
Isaac Cronin, Paul Johnson, Jay Harlow & Rick MoonenFirst published in 1983, The California Seafood Cookbook has sold 128,000 copiesand counting!This beautiful encyclopedic guide to seafood cooking is complete with 150 recipes empha...
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The Poetry of Impermanence, Mindfulness, and Joy
John BrehmOver 125 poetic companions, from Basho to Billy Collins, Saigyo to Shakespeare.The Poetry of Impermanence, Mindfulness, and Joy received the Spirituality & Practice Book A...
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Louis R. Peterson v. William M. James
Supreme Court of MinnesotaAction in the district court for Hennepin county for specific performance of a contract for the sale and purchase of real estate. After adverse findings, William A. Anderson, Judge...
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Start Where Others Stop
Zack GeorgeBuild Resilience and Smash Your Goals!'Read this book, improve your life' JAKE HUMPHREY, TV presenter and host of The High Performance PodcastSet goals. Overcome challenges. Achie...
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The Decadent Society
Ross DouthatFrom the New York Times columnist and bestselling author of Bad Religion, a powerful portrait of how our wealthy, successful society has passed into an age of gridlock, stalemate, ...
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The Psychology of Love
Sigmund FreudThis volume brings together Freud's main contributions to the psychology of love. His illuminating discussions of the ways in which sexuality is always psychosexuality that there ...
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And Another Thing
Jeremy ClarksonIn And Another Thing... the outspoken and outrageous presenter Jeremy Clarkson, shares his opinions on just about everything.Jeremy Clarkson finds the world such a perplexing place...
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Estate Eugenia A. Peterson v. James E.
Supreme Court of NebraskaThe only question this case presents is what rate of interest accrues on a pecuniary devise paid more than 1 year after the appointment of a personal representative. The county cou...
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Soup
Derek BissonnetteGo way beyond the basics with this gorgeous chef’s compendium of delicious, satisfying soups and stews!Snap out of your same old soup and stew recipe routine with hundreds of new a...
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Idol - Gib mir alles von dir
Kristen Callihan & Anika KlüverEs sollte nur Sex sein doch dann kommen Gefühle uns SpielSchon lange knistert es gewaltig zwischen Rye Peterson, dem Bassisten von Kill John, und der PRAgentin der Band, Brenna Ja...