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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. Early life.
Feb 8, 2023 · The downward spiral would come to a heartbreaking end on May 8, 1999, when Dana Plato died of a drug overdose while visiting family members in Moore, Oklahoma. Though police initially believed that her demise had been an accident, it was later ruled a suicide by a medical examiner.
Plato died in May 1999 aged 34, having taken an overdose of painkillers the day after a controversial interview with Howard Stern. While initially considered an accident, Plato’s death was later ruled a suicide – with some blaming Stern for her decision to take her own life.
Nov 20, 2021 · Dana Plato's death was ruled a suicide. Denny Keeler/Getty Images. Per IMDb, in 1999, Plato decided to do an interview on Howard Stern 's radio show (posted on YouTube) in hopes of reviving her dying career. In it, the New York Post reports, she told Stern that she was sober and no longer on drugs.
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May 21, 1999 · Former child actress Dana Plato died a suicide, not by accidental overdose as was initially believed, the Oklahoma Medical Examiner’s Office ruled Friday. Plato, who played Kimberly Drummond...
Jul 23, 2023 · Sadly, the tragic circumstances that plagued Dana Plato during her brief life didn't end upon her death. Shortly before Mother's Day 2010, 11 years after she died, Plato's son, Tyler Lambert,...
May 10, 1999 · Actress Dana Plato died Saturday of an apparent drug overdose in Moore while in the tornado-ravaged town visiting her fiance's parents. Plato, 34, played Kimberly Drummond on the NBC situation comedy "Diff'rent Strokes" from 1978 to 1984.