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Dana Michelle Plato was born in Maywood, California, on Saturday, November 7, 1964. Her first excursion into the film world occurred when she was 11 in the television film Beyond the Bermuda Triangle (1975). Dana never made an impact on the TV screen until she landed the role of Kimberly Drummond in the TV hit sitcom Diff'rent Strokes (1978) from 1978-1986. After the series ended, Dana had difficulty finding more acting work. Sometimes she would act in a made-for-TV movie or a low- budget silver-screen film. She was married for Lanny Lambert for seven years and they had a son. She was arrested in 1991 for robbing a Las Vegas video store and placed on probation; the next year she was arrested again, this time for forging a Valium prescription. She had just finished an interview with Howard Stern in the spring of 1999 when she and her fiancé, Robert Menchaca, were headed back to California. She hoped the interview would revive her stalled career. They stopped at his parents' house in Moore, Oklahoma for a Mother's-Day-weekend visit; on Saturday, May 8, 1999, Dana died of what appeared to be an accidental overdose of the painkiller "Loritab". On May 21, a coroner's inquest ruled her death a suicide because of the large amount of drugs in her body and her history of past suicide attempts. Dana Plato was 34 years old.

Gary Carlos Cervantes was born on 24 January 1953 in Maywood, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Scarface (1983) and Wild Wild West (1999).

Robert S. Woods was born on 13 March 1948 in Maywood, California, USA. He is an actor, known for One Life to Live (1968), All My Children (1970) and Days of Our Lives (1965). He has been married to Loyita Chapel since 1985. They have two children.

Jim Messina was born on 5 December 1947 in Maywood, California, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for RV (2006), Independence Day (1983) and Made in Heaven (1987). He is married to Michaela Darlin Laza. They have one child. He was previously married to Jenny Sullivan.

Yolanda White was born on 22 April 1950 in Maywood, California, USA. She was an actress, known for All Mine to Give (1957), Leave It to Beaver (1957) and The Ed Sullivan Show (1948). She died on 18 November 2020 in Oxnard, California, USA.

Frank Westmore was born on 13 April 1923 in Maywood, California, USA. He was an actor, known for And Justice for All (1979), Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970) and Being There (1979). He was married to Gloria Christian, Johnnie Fay Rector, Ginger Clayton and Fran Shore. He died on 14 May 1985 in Burbank, California, USA.

Tim Cowgill was born on 19 November 1957 in Maywood, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Desert Fox (2009), Satisfy Me (2007) and The Michael Jackson Trial (2005). He died on 13 June 2010 in Auburn Township, Ohio, USA.

Todd Burns was born on 6 July 1963 in Maywood, California, USA.