With women and women, I think there's an understanding. Nobody knows what a woman feels or experiences but another woman. We are the nurturers, and there are times when we need to be nurtured.

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.