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Jul 10, 2020 · Though he didn’t die of an overdose like his Diff’rent Strokes co-star Dana Plato, Bridges’ drug addiction made for sensationalistic headlines, as did his multiple run-ins with the law—including...
- Nick Schager
- Entertainment Critic
The Bicycle Man: Part 2: Directed by Gerren Keith. With Conrad Bain, Gary Coleman, Todd Bridges, Dana Plato. Drummond and Mr. Ramsey learn the truth about Mr. Horton, the seemingly friendly bicycle shop owner with a very sinister side.
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- Comedy, Drama, Family
- Gerren Keith
- 1983-02-12
Dec 2, 2021 · While co-starring on "Diff'rent Strokes," Plato reportedly began drinking and tried marijuana and cocaine, and endured a drug overdose in the late 1970s.
May 11, 1999 · Dana Plato did, though, in 1991, five years after the end of “Diff’rent Strokes.” She was washed up at 26 and living in Las Vegas – a penniless, alcoholic drug-user.
Diff'rent Strokes: Created by Jeff Harris, Bernie Kukoff. With Conrad Bain, Gary Coleman, Todd Bridges, Dana Plato. The misadventures of suave Park Avenue millionaire Phillip Drummond, his teenage daughter Kimberly, and their current housekeeper Edna Garrett who adopted the two pre-teenage sons of their late African American housekeeper from ...
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- 1978-11-03
- Comedy, Drama, Family
- 30
Where There's Smoke: Directed by Gerren Keith. With Conrad Bain, Gary Coleman, Todd Bridges, Dana Plato. Arnold and Dudley give into peer pressure and experiment with smoking.
She struggled with substance abuse for most of her life. 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.
