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OD kills 'Diff'rent Strokes' star Dana Plato.

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From: The Boston Herald
Date: 19990510
Author:Sullivan, Paul

Star-crossed "Diff'rent Strokes" actress Dana Plato, who fought a losing battle with the bottle and drugs off and on for years, has been found dead from an apparent accidental overdose in Moore, Okla.

Plato, 34, apparently took the painkiller Loritab along with Valium on Saturday while visiting the home of her fiance's parents.

"The death appears to be an accidental overdose. We don't suspect suicide," police Sgt. Scott Singer said yesterday.

Plato - who shocked her fans by posing in Playboy in June 1989 - played wholesome Kimberly the daughter of Phillip Drummond ...

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