Todd Bridges, the last surviving star of the 1980s sitcom Diff'rent Strokes, paid a sweet tribute to his late costar Dana Plato, who would have turned 55 on Thursday. "You were the one person I could ...

Dana Plato starred in one of the most recognizable sitcoms of the of the 1970s and '80s: Diff’rent Strokes But amid a career reliant on comic timing, a dark tragedy took hold when Plato died at age 34 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Growing up in the spotlight is notoriously difficult, and few child stars embodied this sad truth quite like Dana Plato. The ...

With no TV job offers coming in, she moved from Los Angeles to Las Vegas. “She was living on the edge of poverty and unable to reach out to anyone, and it ended unfortunately with one of her more… ...

If you were a child in the 1980s, you were familiar with Dana Plato. As one of the most popular child stars of the era, she broke through into the mainstream with her role as Kimberly Drummond in the ...

It has been almost 11 years - exactly - since child actress Dana Plato died from an overdose. Plato, best known for her role as Kimberly Drummond on Diff’rent Strokes, was forced to leave the hit ...

Growing up in the spotlight is notoriously difficult, and few child stars embodied this sad truth quite like Dana Plato. The actress became a teen idol of the late '70s and early '80s thanks to her ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Todd Bridges Remembers Diff'rent Strokes Costar Dana Plato on What Would Have Been Her 55th Birthday Todd Bridges, the last ...

Dana Plato starred in one of the most recognizable sitcoms of the of the 1970s and '80s. But amid a career reliant on comic timing, a dark tragedy took hold when Plato died at age 34. Born on Nov. 7, ...