Dana Plato: Suicide

["Deathwatch Central" <cdw@slick.org>]

Dana Plato's death was no accident.
Coroner's office workers in Oklahoma today ruled that the troubled
ex-Diff'rent Strokes star committed suicide--intentionally overdosing on a
toxic batch of painkillers.

Plato died May 8 in Moore, Oklahoma. She was 34. Police first said the
actress' death appeared to be an accident.

But Dr. Larry E. Balding, Oklahoma's deputy medical examiner, said the high
level of drugs found in her system, combined with what he termed a past
history of suicidal tendencies led his office to conclude Dana Plato meant
to die.

The former child star left behind no note.

Lab work showed Plato's system swimming with the painkillers carisoprodol (a
muscle relaxant) and hydrocodone/acetaminophen. Initial reports fingered the
prescription drugs Valium and Lortab (a brand name of
hydrocodone/acetaminophen).

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