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Post by topbilled on Jun 24, 2023 15:53:07 GMT
I just read that Adam Rich, who played Nicholas on Eight Is Enough, died of an overdose of fentanyl. The actor died back in January but the cause of death was just now revealed.
So many of TV's iconic child stars have met with a tragic end.
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Post by NoShear on Jun 24, 2023 16:18:04 GMT
I just read that Adam Rich, who played Nicholas on Eight Is Enough, died of an overdose of fentanyl. The actor died back in January but the cause of death was just now revealed.
So many of TV's iconic child stars have met with a tragic end. I thought of Trent Lehman with your post here, TopBilled: Lehman killed himself at his former elementary school! I was not too much younger than Trent Lehman and grew up with his show in the San Fernando Valley where he pulled the plug on himself, so his death hit me at the time... If I correctly recall hearing, once fellow Nanny and the Professor child actor Kim Richards observed that Lehman just could not deal with being a Teen Beat has-been. |
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Post by sepiatone on Jun 24, 2023 16:24:12 GMT
There have probably been earlier cases, but the earliest I can recall is the little cutie pie from FAMILY AFFAIR, ANISSA JONES who tragically died of a drug overdose at age 18 in 1976.
Then there's TODD BRIDGES and DANA PLATO of the TV show DIFF'RENT STROKES Todd getting into drug troubles as a teen while still on the show and legal problems after the show was cancelled. And Ms. Plato also ran into drug problems and a lack of meaningful work in her craft at the end of the TV series. She sadly died in 1999 of an apparent suicide.
Sepiatone
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Post by nipkowdisc on Jun 24, 2023 20:27:39 GMT
Dennis the Menace's Jay North was not troubled but was being troubled by his sicko sadistic aunt.  |
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Post by jinsinna13 on Jun 25, 2023 14:06:17 GMT
I just read that Adam Rich, who played Nicholas on Eight Is Enough, died of an overdose of fentanyl. The actor died back in January but the cause of death was just now revealed.
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Post by jinsinna13 on Jun 25, 2023 14:13:24 GMT
There were a few TV child stars who committed suicide: - Dana Plato - Different Strokes
- Jonathan Brandis - SeaQuest DSV
- Rusty Hamer - Make Room For Daddy/The Danny Thomas Show
- Trent Lehman - Nanny And The Professor
- Jon Paul Steuer - Grace Under Fire
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Post by topbilled on Jun 25, 2023 14:14:21 GMT
I just read that Adam Rich, who played Nicholas on Eight Is Enough, died of an overdose of fentanyl. The actor died back in January but the cause of death was just now revealed.
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Post by jinsinna13 on Jun 25, 2023 14:17:34 GMT
Adam Rich is the second Eight is Enough star to die of a drug overdose. Lani O'Grady, who played oldest daughter Mary, died of a drug overdose in 2001. Lani was also the sister of Don Grady. |
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Post by BunnyWhit on Jul 7, 2023 16:51:27 GMT
Danny Bonaduce of The Partridge Family (1970-1974) has had trouble with drugs, alcohol, and homelessness.
Mackenzie Phillips of One Day at a Time (1975-1984) had a drug problem and was in rehab a couple or more times.
Tracey Gold of Growing Pains (1985-1992) battled an eating disorder. In the early 2000s she was arrested on a DUI charge
Jodie Sweetin of Full House (1987-1995) had a meth and alcohol addiction.
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