The Six Million Dollar Man
1974
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She was arrested in 1991 for robbing a video store, and again the following year for forging a drug prescription. On May 8, 1999, at age 34, Plato was found dead in her motor home from an overdose of prescription drugs. Her death, while initially considered accidental, was ruled a suicide.
Feb 8, 2023 · Dana Plato, who played Kimberly on Diff'rent Strokes, died of a drug overdose in 1999 at age 34. Her death was ruled a suicide by a medical examiner, after years of personal and professional struggles, drug abuse, and legal troubles.
Nov 20, 2021 · Dana Plato, who played Kimberly Drummond on the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes, died of a drug overdose in 1999 at age 34. She had a troubled life of addiction, legal troubles, and losing custody of her son, who also committed suicide.
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Apr 3, 2014 · Dana Plato was a star of the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes, but her career and life spiraled downward after she was fired and became pregnant. She died of an overdose in 1999, and her son committed suicide in 2010.
May 10, 1999 · The actress Dana Plato, a former child star on the NBC sitcom ''Diff'rent Strokes,'' died here on Saturday at the home of her fiance's parents. She was 34. The police said Ms. Plato...
May 10, 1999 · MOORE, Okla. -- Dana Plato, 34, a former actress who, like her fellow "Diff'rent Strokes" child co-stars, had experienced legal troubles since the show was canceled, died May 8 of an apparent...
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May 10, 1999 · May 10, 1999 12 AM PT. TIMES STAFF WRITER. Dana Plato, troubled young actress best remembered as the teenage Kimberly Drummond of television’s long-running series “Diff’rent Strokes,” has died...
