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Dana Plato's death was no accident. Coroner's office workers in Oklahoma today ruled that the troubled ex-Diff'rent Strokes star committed suicide--intentionally overdosing on a toxic batch of painkillers. Plato died May 8 in Moore, Oklahoma. She was 34. Police first said the actress' death appeared to be an accident. But Dr. Larry E. Balding, Oklahoma's deputy medical examiner, said the high level of drugs found in her system, combined with what he termed a past history of suicidal tendencies led his office to conclude Dana Plato meant to die.
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The Saturday overdose death of "Different Strokes" star Dana Plato is a super bummer for the promoters of next week's Expo of the Extreme 2--Plato was signed on to host the raucous event, set for May 21-22 at the Riviera Theater. According to Shane Bugbee, the maestro behind the showcase of rowdy music, art, porno and edge-of-the-envelope bizarreness, he was one of the last people to speak with Plato. "She was on the Howard Stern show promoting the Expo on Friday," he says. "She flew home to Oklahoma and that's when she died. She was really cool. Her life seemed together.
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Dana Plato had a short, wild ride that even the great philosopher Plato couldn't make sense of. She debuted as a Tennis Fan in the TV series The Bionic Woman (1975) after she passed on the possessed-child role that Linda Blair would eventually play in The Exorcist (1973). Her mom didn't like the tone of the demonic material, so it wouldn't be until Dana
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Dana Plato (November 7, 1964 - May 8 1999) made her television debut as a young fan watching tennis star Jaime Sommers on the court. During the course of Plato's career, she appeared in over 100 commercials and several television movies.[1] Plato is best remembered for her role on the comedy series Diff'rent Strokes, in which she played "Kimberly Drummond" (1978 - 1984). She left the series due to her real-life pregnancy, but returned in the final season (1985 - 1986) for several episodes [2]. Later in her career, Plato made several low-budget movies and a soft-core pornographic film that went straight-to-video.
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Rob Lowe and the late Dana Plato star in this acclaimed 1980 ABC Afterschool Special. A sixteen-year-old boy gets a girl pregnant at a summer camp. When he finds she is putting the baby up for adoption, the boy decides to raise it on his own. Then he learns firsthand the harsh realities of being a single parent.
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Former "Diff'rent Strokes" actress Dana Plato was photographed by Las Vegas cops in January 1992 after getting caught forging a Valium prescription. At the time of her arrest, Plato was serving a probation term stemming from her guilty plea to charges that she robbed a Sin City video store in 1991. Plato committed suicide in May 1999 at the age of 34.
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