{"id":1229,"date":"2026-04-05T12:23:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T12:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetwistzone.com\/?p=1229"},"modified":"2026-04-05T12:23:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T12:23:45","slug":"moonlight-fades-in-silence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetwistzone.com\/?p=1229","title":{"rendered":"Moonlight Fades In Silence"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"site-content container is_full_width clear\">\n<div id=\"primary\" class=\"content-area\"><main id=\"main\" class=\"site-main\"><\/p>\n<article id=\"post-98483\" class=\"post-98483 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>He was the kind of star who seemed to live in several eras at once, his face evolving but never quite leaving the screen. As Moondoggie in Gidget, he walked out of the waves and straight into pop culture history, becoming the soundtrack and poster on a million bedroom walls. 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