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Celebrity Death, Former Child Actor: Dana Plato


Dana Plato was an American actress notable for playing the role of Kimberly Drummond on the U.S. television sitcom Diff'rent Strokes from 1978 to 1986. She died after taking a fatal dose of Lortab and Valium before laying down for a nap while visiting her fiancé's mother in Moore, OK.. The death was eventually ruled a suicide. She died May 8, 1999 at age of 35.

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