What did Dana Plato died of?

What did Dana Plato died of?

Police initially said she died of an accidental overdose of a painkiller and Valium. But Dr. Larry E. Balding, deputy state medical examiner, said Friday that she had fatal concentrations of the muscle relaxant Soma and a generic form of the painkiller Lortab in her body.

What happened to Dana Plateau?

Dana Plato was a child actress on the television show Diff’rent Strokes. She fell into drug addiction and died of an overdose in 1999.

What happened to the girl from different strokes?

Plato battled drug abuse for years, and was arrested in 1991 for robbing a video store at gunpoint. (The video store clerk famously told the 911 dispatcher, “I’ve just been robbed by the girl who played Kimberly on Diff’rent Strokes.”) She died of a drug overdose — later ruled a suicide — on May 8, 1999.

What did Tyler Lambert do for a living?

Lambert’s grandmother, Joni Richardson, said he had been working behind the camera and as an amateur songwriter.

Who was Dana Plato’s fiance?

Plato and her fiance, Robert Menchaca, had stopped at his parents’ home in Moore for Mother’s Day. Ms. Plato and Mr.

Is Mr Drummond still alive?

It was almost as if every time was the first time she was acting — that’s how excited she was.” Bridges is now the sole surviving member of the show’s core cast. Conrad Bain, who played his wealthy adoptive father Mr. Drummond, died after a stroke in 2013 at age 89.