I'm learning to play by the rules. I sort of hate to think of it that way, but that's how it is. I'm really learning to function out there and in such a way that I don't need to drink.

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.