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Plain shame
It was an OD. I think she felt so humiliated after her appearance on Howard Stern's show and all the phone calls from Howard fans blasting her, I think she just had enough and did herself in.
I think it was an intentional OD to possibly bring on death, whatever that means.
Interesting note(at least to me). Wayne Newton bailed her out of jail in vegas after her robbery of a video store, $13,000 bail if I remember correctly. I saw another post where people were bagging on Wayne but that was a cool gesture on his part. His reason? "Because she didn't have anyone".
I think it was an ID (Inevitable Death). She was chillin' with the Grim Reaper for years... I think people were even making bets as to what month and year she would die! (I made that last part up, but it might be true).
Yeah, pretty much. I know that she had some sleazy boyfriends and girlfriends near the end. I've always heard that her boyfriend took pictures of her while she was dying and waited too long to call 911. I'm guessing he must have been high too. Man, Mr. Drummond and Mrs. Garrett didn't do a very good job raising those kids.
Hmmm...tough call. A shame nonetheless. I heard her on Howard Stern the Friday before she died.
I was on a Dana Plato kick at one point and read everything floating on the internets about her death. While I don't think her last boyfriend actually actively killed her, it sounds pretty certain that he did enable her, took pictures of her while she was dying and waited a looonnngggg time to call 911.
I think that was very sweet of Wayne Newton. I've read in other places that he tried to help her in other ways.
What exactly happened on the Howard Stern Show that upset her so? Anyone with problems or self esteem issues should stay far, far away from the HS show!
Here's the Wikipedia article about Dana:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_Plato
It's pretty generic but there is a link to the Stern show.
There used to be a website devoted to her death that detailed various rumors and theories and danged if I can find it anymore. Much of it was very deragatory so I wonder if someone in her family or her estate didn't have it taken down. It wasn't exactly in good taste.
Supposedly on the Stern show they asked her to take a drug test. At first she said yes, got upset, then said no.
From what i remember from the E! show about her... Her son blames the boyfriend. We all do really - that girl had trodden that road so far down hill that she didnt think she would ever reach the top again, The show from what i heard must have made her think whats the point? That boyfriend should have called 911 when he found her - not take photos & make a profit. Her poor kid has to live with those photos thanks to that jerk.
Howard's callers were just blasting her - calling her a has-been and making fun of her mostly.
he tooks pics of her dying??? Are they online???
I Feel bad for Dana and her family. She kind of reminds me of what happened to Anissa Jones. It is all just very sad.
They were at one point, I don't think they are any longer. From what I could figure out, the cops seized his camera and it sounded like they were actually leaked from the police somehow. That was quite a while back, so don't take my memory as being 100% accurate.
I also read that her BF recorded her death sounds and stuff like that(true or not?)
I don't know,maybe a bit of both? No idea,always wondered though.
I could have sworn one of those tabloid shows played her last moments on earth on one of their shows. I remember seeing it on TV - and of course reading all about it in The Enquirer!
If I remember correctly, The Enquirer even had a photo of her dead in the Motor Home - but sadly, that was one death photo I didn't clip out! I guess Dana didn't "grab" me enough!
I seem to remember that, as well, Aries and I remember the rumors about him recording her, too.
He was a real dirtbag.
Her son would be a young adult now, wouldn't he?
I remember seeing one of her porno movies. She was pretty damn hot!!!!!!!!!
She seemed to enjoy doing the lesbo thing!!
Its to bad how she ended up!!
in my own thoughts I think she had an overdose and her ex-husband ddint do much to help her
her bf sounds like an ashtrayhole he pimped her druged her n if im wrong (nuffin new) she died at his house or sumin like that
Until they're dead. Howard wanted a hair sample and then she asked for it back abd he made an ass of her on the air. I can't wait until that dirt bag bites it. I hope he goes broke and homeless.
If Howard didn't have an audience he wouldn't be who he is... it's not his fault, it's ours. I actually enjoy him to an extent... you have to know what you are in for when you walk on to his show. Just like Bill O'Reilly, you don't go on his show not knowing the issue and you sure as hell don't go on Howards show if you have issues, Dana gets no sympathy from me she took a chance and it didn't go her way.
Last edited by Jason; 10-11-2007 at 07:38 AM.
Did her son ever get any money in the wrongful death suit he filed against the fiance?
About Plato's porn...
About 5 years ago back a friend of mine posted a message on "Sitcomsonline" about Plato and her flick "Diff'rent Strokes...Jack and Jill and Jill". He said she had starred in a few porn flicks like this and others. A few days later he recieved an email from their webmaster saying that he has been banned from the site for posting "false information" such as calling "Jack and Jill and Jill" porn and saying she had appeared nude in Playboy just before her death. Sitcomsonline said both are totally false and that they ( this is my favorite part ) were going to track my friend down, turn in his ISP address to the Plato family so they could sue my friend for lying. Yeah whatever !! Our local Blockbuster video never did carry that film as they said it was "porn" and I believe one can still find a copy of her Playboy spread online someplace.
Oh BTW...Its been five years since then and still not a word from the Plato family.
Interesting tidbit:
http://www.mikehuntsonfire.com/page5...f35408-24.html
I believe this site is the one that was selling the telephone recording of her death sounds or something. No mention of it now though, so that must have gotten shut down somehow.
Earlier this year, her son was selling her Winnebago on eBay (the one she died in). It failed to reach the reserve, and a re-listing failed also. As far as I know, it hasn't come up again. Apparently, it was tied up in legal limbo, but her son was finally able to gain possession of it (and I think some other things of hers, including, I believe, the camera that was used to photograph her dying or dead.) Her "fiance" that waited a few hours to call the paramedics was trying to say all that stuff belonged to him or something.
Such a sad way to die. I remember thinking she didn't look that bad on Howard Stern but she did take a ton of abuse from the callers.
An "oopsy". Accident. Unfortunate.
tradgedy
As someone who worked with substance abusers in the past, I saw Dana Plato's on a daily basis. That being said, I'm sure she knew that she was living on borrowed time.
Her boyfriend certainly didn't help matters.
OD
A little tidbit about Ms. Plato. Shortly before her passing she made an appearance in Los Angeles at the Hollywood Collector's Show. For those who don't live in this state, this is a quarterly autograph and collectibles show, where celebrities go to sell their autographs and sign memorabilia for a price.
It mostly consists of past their prime stars, or "D" list celebs, but it can be a fun way to see some of the older stars who haven't made a film in two decades.
So as mentioned, Dana Plato attended dressed nicely with a short skirt, and didn't wear any underpants. She would sit in ways that one couldn't help but see everything. For those who wanted to see she would open her legs for a quick pic.
The other older female stars began to complain and one of the organizers had to come over and ask her to stop or go put on her panties. She seemed ashamed and honestly I felt sorry for her. Shortly after that she passed away.
I think she was just a junkie who OD'ed.
Remember that joke from the late 80s/early 90s. What are the three most common things people say when they're getting mugged:
(1) Don't hurt me.
(2) Take anything you want.
(3) Didn't you used to be on Diff'rent Strokes?
Remember her last film, the lesbian soft-core "Diff'rent Strokes: The Story of Jack and Jill.....and Jill." An instant classic. Miss Plato plays an openly lesbian photog who is hired by a male chauvenist pig to help with some project. Male chauvenist pig has a hottie girlfriend whom he neglects and is mean to. You can guess the rest. The girls end up together with some graphic girl-on-girl action in between, including in poolhouse shower, an apartment, and at a picnic. Poor Dana seemed baked through the whole movie, though the sex scenes were semi-nicely handled. It wasn't a total exploitation. There were rumors she did underground hardcore including another "Diff'rent Strokes" where she screwed a black midget.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Different_Strokes_%28film%29
If I remember correctly there was some Xanax thrown in that lethal mix of drugs...I don`t know why, but I`ve always felt it was more a cry for help, than an actual wanting to die......unfortunately she had an asshole for a boyfriend..
she has fascinated me now for awhile. her life was a tragedy played out till the end. i think her bf was a real ass, and so were the ones who pushed her overboard. i have heard rumors that she was sexually abused as a child. i hope she is at peace now. her life was lived like the flame from a torch, but she ran out of gas to soon. i for one miss her, and i hope her sons life is better than hers.
At one point, they even had a Dana Plato lunchbox with the birth and dead dates. After the lunch box, I think the greeting cards would be next on my list.
http://www.cafepress.com/danaplato
She was damn cute, but I don't think I'd want her grinning up at me from my mouse pad or have her mug on my mugs. If she were truly that popular, her death photos would be easier to find.
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I wanted to buy the lunchbox for a friend of mine's 6 year old daughter, but she didn't like the "1964-1999" below her photo on the lunchbox and told me not to buy it. She was ok with the mug, though, but I feel Dana is only lunchbox-worthy.
An xbf of mine dated Dana before I met him. He tried to get her away from La La Land to dry out in Georgia (this is after she tried to hold up some place for drugs, I forget the particulars). I was all for it, but we couldn't get through to her. Poor Jay knew it was coming well before it did.
I have no doubt whatsoever that her boyfriend sat there recording her death, and well could have prevented it, but was more interested in the money he could get from the pics than from her life. How effed-up is that ...
PS -- Are junkies less valuable than other human beings? Jus' sayin' ...
BTW here's Jay's website .. we're still friends. His sister was married to Brazil's "elvis," Raoul Sexeis (sp??) and another more famous musician who skips my mind at the moment (both deceased, if I'm not mistaken). Think my brain's shutting down for the night, but at least it was a bit of a fun one =P
PS -- Jay has a bit of a thing for putting up nudes of his exes. You *may* see nude people if you click some of his links. [SIZE=1]Thank God, I am not one of them.[/SIZE]
http://jayvaquer.rockin.net/index.html
When I was in my early teen years, lots of folks thought that I looked like Dana Plato, which I thought was kind of cool. But once all the crap started happening to her, the drug abuse, porn movies, etc., it was really weird to look like her. A totally different element of society would recognize me as her and will make, well, icky comments and suggestions. When Different Strokes was on and Dana was still "America's Sweetheart," people were always very kind and polite toward me.
God bless the celebrities who have to go through this their entire lives.
Any day above ground is a good day.
Self induced overdose with probable case for charging the boyfriend with Manslaughter/Murder By Ommission.