Former Diff'rent Strokes child star Dana Plato robbed a Las Vegas video store in 1991 during financial struggles before dying ...

Though she shot to fame in one of the most popular ABC sitcoms of all time, one actress ended up penniless and addicted to ...

It’s been almost 40 years since Diff’rent Strokes waved goodbye. The NBC sitcom still has a solid anchor in American pop ...

The classic sitcom premiered in 1978 and aired for eight seasons. Diff'rent Strokes made Gary Coleman a household name, and ...

Melanie Watson Bernhardt, the trailblazing actress who became one of the first disabled performers on screen, died Friday in Colorado. She was 57.

Melanie Watson, best known for her recurring guest role on Diff’rent Strokes, has died at the age of 57. She passed away on ...

Melanie Watson, an actress who appeared in four episodes of “Diff’rent Strokes” during the 1980s and was a disability advocate, died Dec. 26. She was 57. Watson, who played Kathy Gordon in four ...

Take a look at the lives of the cast of one of the 20th century's most popular and influential sitcoms, Diff'rent Strokes, ...

Melanie Watson Bernhardt, an actress who is best known for playing Kathy Gordon on Diff’rent Strokes, has died at the age of 57. Melanie’s brother, Robert Watson, told TMZ that his sister had been ...

Actress Melanie Watson, who made a mark as Kathy Gordon in the 1970s-’80s sitcom “Diff’rent Strokes,” has died. She was 57. Watson was born with osteogenesis imperfecta, or brittle bone disease, a ...