I've learned through experience that life is never that bad. The secret is just paying attention to how you feel and not letting anyone else dictate what in your heart you know is right.

She took a job at a dry-cleaning store to support herself. Johnny Whitaker Plato's former manager and a friend of the family told ABCNews. In December 1983 Plato moved in with rock guitarist Lanny Lambert; the couple married in April 24 1984.

Plato died at the age of 34 of an overdose of the painkiller Lortab along with Soma. Dana Michelle Plato (November 7 1964 – May 8 1999) was an American actress notable for playing the role of Kimberly Drummond in the U. television sitcom Diff'rent Strokes.