Posted on 06/24/2023 9:26:01 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The effects of fentanyl are considered the cause of death for Adam Rich, the child actor known as "America's little brother" for his role on the hit family dramedy "Eight is Enough."
The former television star's death this January has been ruled an accident by the Los Angeles County Medical-Examiner Coroner's office, according to an autopsy report.Rich died in his Los Angeles home at age 54.
His stardom came at just eight years old as the mop-topped son raised by a widower newspaper columnist, played by Dick Van Patten, in ABC's "Eight is Enough." He went on to appear in other shows, including "Code Red" and "Dungeons & Dragons" in the 1980s. He also appeared in single episodes of popular shows like "Baywatch" and "The Love Boat," and reprised his "Eight is Enough" role in two TV movie reunions.
Rich had multiple run-ins with police related to drug and alcohol use. He was arrested in April 1991 for trying to break into a pharmacy and again that October for allegedly stealing a drug-filled syringe at a hospital while receiving treatment for a dislocated shoulder. A DUI arrest came in 2002 after he struck a parked California Highway Patrol cruiser in a closed freeway lane.
Rich had publicly discussed his experiences with depression and substance abuse in the months before he died. He tweeted in October that he had been sober for seven years after arrests, many rehab stints and several overdoses. He urged his followers to never give up.
When Rich died in January, his publicist, Danny Deraney, said that he had suffered from a type of depression that resisted treatment. He had tried to erase the stigma of talking about mental illness, Deraney said, and sought experimental cures to treat his depression.
"He was just a very kind, generous, loving soul," Deraney said in a statement. "Being a famous actor is not necessarily what he wanted to be. ... He had no ego, not an ounce of it."
Actually Susan Olsen (Cindy) had alcohol issues for awhile. Kirk Cameron and Ron Howard (Opie) are super successful.
Hmmm.... This death Sounds suspicious. We should put Charlie’s Angels on it immediately; and have the Simon brothers look into the possibility of an outbreak of weaponized boogie fever. And have Airwolf on standby in case we need to assault Fantasy Island in response.
Cause of death:
Hollywood.
Combination of the Biden crime family and how Hollywood spits kids out after giving them a taste...
Don’t forget the king pin... China.
Adam Rich: Another victim of Hollywood...Parents, do not let your kids be Hollywood child actors/actresses
Even Cousin Oliver is still alive. He might still be in the Brady's basement... š¤
Someone is selling the Brady's house and a comment was: 'Is Cousin Oliver still in the Basement?' š¤
One is a Conservative and one is a liberal.
Indeed follow the pattern for success.
You are closer than you might know. I'm good friends with one of Adam's former tv cast-mates and well known former child actor. We spoke on the phone just one day after the news broke, to discuss a project, and I expressed my condolences and I knew he had also hit rock bottom at one point with his own drug struggles. As part of his recap about that, he told me "if you're a child actor, centered out there (Hollywood) you were either raped by an adult (male) or groomed to be raped. They would do this through drugs, which most of us eagerly took. After the abuse, the drugs would be the escape from the guilt and pain." He also said something like "No one treated us like the little kids we were."
Just like Saint George Floyd.
What about that red head kid from Lost in Space, what ever became of him?
Maureen McCormick (Marcia) has had a lot of issues with addiction and depression.
It looks like (I hope) she's past all that, but for a while she was a poster child for "why you shouldn't let your photogenic child go to Hollywood".
Yes, I read her book, āHereās the Storyā several years ago. She got heavily into cocaine and was a mess for quite a while. I hope sheās doing OK now.
Absolutely horrible. I figured that it was just that sick and worse.
I also expect that children of actors end up getting targeted for the same treatment. I don’t think all their problems are from being spoiled brats or having parents who don’t parent.
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