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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Dana Michelle Plato (November 7, 1964 - May 8, 1999)[2] was an American actress notable for playing the role of Kimberly Drummond in the U.S. television sitcom Diff'rent Strokes. Plato's career declined after her departure from the show, with appearances in low-budget films including softcore pornography. She had longstanding personal problems and committed suicide on May 8, 1999 by overdosing on prescription medication. ... Read more

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I guess people will believe what they want to about a person
I have no strong opinions one way or the other about this book (which I haven't read) or about Dana Plato, but the claim that in 1977 "After extensive training, Dana won a spot on the US ice-skating Olympics team" is sheer nonsense. The Winter Olympics were held in 1976 and 1980--there WAS no "US Olympic ice skating team" for Plato to have earned a spot on in 1977, which is something anyone could have figured out with a little research. And she couldn't have meant 1976 either when she told that particular lie to Howard Stern, because the three members of the US Olympic team for ladies' singles that year were Dorothy Hamill, Linda Fratianne and Wendy Burge.

Dana Plato may well have had Olympic ambitions as a skater, but she was nowhere near achieving them at the time she cut back on whatever skating she was doing to take on TV stardom. It's a shame that it was probably part and parcel of her troubled life that she felt the need to embellish her accomplishments by telling people that she was accomplished enough at figure skating to have been chosen for an Olympic team, but turned it down in favor of an acting career. I guess most people would believe it without doing any research into the truth of the matter, and she was counting on them not knowing enough about skating to see on the face of it that it was a false claim. Oh well. I hope she is resting in peace now.

It is what it is.
I bought this knowing completely what it was.It provides exactly what it says.Its emotional, difficult to digest at times, but it is what it is.History.The End of Dana Plato.

Some of the comments in here are pretty funny.He should be executed?Yeah, theres some moral high ground.Get a life.or a death.

i'm not certain..
How I should review this. She seemed a parT of our family. She was a supporter of undergound cultUre. The package of the booK is either sensationalistic or a mockery of that sort of thing. I have heard Shane put her down, but I did not think that the interviewer of Shane(the author of this boOk)was able to or felt comfortable saying the positive's of this former skating champ and tv cutie who hosted the expo of the extreme highlighting alterNative truth not found elsewhere. Many peoplE rememberEd hEr wanting to be remembered as "a good mother", and that cries louder than the apparent premise of this book.She's not trash as I believe that Shane Bugbee oNCe sAid, but he was angry and he tried to paint an alternative view also. I did not recieve a lot for my money, but I've yet to look at this thoroughly. I liked "Cooking With A Serial Killer" by Shane as it showed a side of Dorthea Puente that was not seen by others. The struggles that is, of the life of Dorthea and her story of how she was shaped. Yes there is a life in serial killers that's shaped.At other times, like on his radio shoW, he's too hard, like with his brother: Expecting him to "get it together" in a short period of time with a family as if he should judt move out of hiS parents house with a wife and baby before he's secUre in all their futures!His cover of the tragedy of Mike Diana and his interview with Process membEr Timothy Wylie is rare and show's the beauty of this organization. Love..PeACE..bUY THIS IF YOU WANT TO HEAR dANA'S LAST BREATH AS A SORT OF SICK MEMORIAL LIKE THE cATHOLiC cHURCH DOES WITH RELICS. i KNOW THAT mY distant relative whom I never knew RELATIVE WHO (Darlene Ferrin, Zodiac KiLler victim.)WAS THe VICTIM OF A SERIAL MURDERER STILL COMMANDS MY COLLECTING OF RELICS..Sorry about caps locks.Not intentional..

NO SEWER IS TOO DEEP FOR THIS BOOK!
It is very unfortunate that "Diff'rent Strokes" star Dana Plato is no longer with us. She had so much talent and beauty, and was always able to light up the TV screen with her lovely presence. I hope one day there will be an insightful and informative biography published about Dana because she really deserves it. But, in the meantime if you want to pay tribute to her please STAY AWAY FROM THIS BOOK. Because she is MUCH BETTER than the garbage populated in this shameful excuse of a book, "Dana Plato's Last Breath."

Dana's Career Milestones & Highlights
1965-1976 - Dana appeared in more than 100 commercials
1975 - At the age of 11 made her theatrical debut in the film "Beyond the Bermuda Triangle"
1977 - Won a role in "Exorcist 2"
1977 - After extensive training, Dana won a spot on the US ice-skating Olympics team
1977 - Appeared on "The Gong Show" as a dancer
1978 - Turned down the lead role in "Pretty Baby"
1978-1984 - Stared in the top-10, critically-acclaimed series "Diff'rent Strokes"
1979 - Appeared in the pilot episode of "The Facts of Life"
1980 - Dana was the highest paid child star on broadcast TV, making more than $100,000.00 per episode
1983 - Stared in the movie "High School U.S.A."
1984-1989 - Dana guest-stared on a variety of sitcoms in the '80s including "The Love Boat" and "Growing Pains"
1985-1986 - Made a big splash as a special guest-star on "Diff'rent Strokes" once it moved to the ABC network
1989 - Stared in the feature film "Prime Suspect"
1990-1999 - Dana appeared on a variety of talk shows and newscasts as an unpaid public advocate and proponent of drug and alcohol awareness
2005 - VH1 named Dana "one of the greatest child stars of all time"

I purchased this book because I wanted to read about one of my favorite TV stars, Dana Plato. When the book arrived, I immediately knew that this was not a tribute book to the fascinating and graceful, Dana. Instead, this is a disgusting tabloid-style booklet that was written in such an ugly light. The irresponsible author even had the audaciousness to publish phony nude pictures of Dana from the Internet. This book is very disturbing, and should not have been published. NO SEWER IS TOO DEEP FOR THIS BOOK!

Trash, Tragedy, Truth
I agree. This book is, indeed, trash. No doubt about it. In addition, it is tragic that this book ever had to be published. Who on Earth would want to be remembered by their last breath recorded on a cheap cd? But when it all comes down to it, this is the TRUTH about Dana Plato. It may not be the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, but this is a glimpse into the intense side of a woman who truly lived on the edge ... and unfortunately died there, too. Dana, if only this book had come out before it was too late perhaps we could have done something to change its ending. You are greatly missed. ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Dana Plato, Tony Hancock, Brian Keith, Mark Speight, Dave Garroway, Christine Chubbuck, Ray Combs, Steve Whatley, Jay Stewart, Nafisa Joseph, Diane Linkletter, Isobel Barnett, Ted Moult, Monica Rose, Annie St John, Alan Crofoot. Excerpt:Alan Crofoot as Mr Piper Alan Crofoot (1929 - March 5, 1979) was a Canadian opera tenor and actor who is best remembered as the host of Mr Piper , a children's TV series made in 1963. It was originally shown by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and also became well-known in the UK . Crofoot hosted the show dressed as a Pied Piper with a flower in his hat. Crofoot was born in Toronto , Canada. He appeared in stage productions of musicals such as Man of La Mancha , in London's West End, and Oliver! on Broadway. He committed suicide in Dayton, Ohio at the age of 49. Websites (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Annie St John (1954 - 1990) was a British television continuity announcer and presenter. St John joined HTV West in 1981 as an announcer and newsreader. Her popularity in the region was as such that viewers launched a Save Our Annie campaign when she left the station in 1983 to join Tyne Tees Television in Newcastle. During her time at Tyne Tees, St John continued to freelance for HTV West and also for London Weekend Television . She returned to HTV permanently in 1987. In addition to her announcing duties, St. John presented various regional programmes including a weekly What's On programme and the advice series Problems . By the late eighties, had become one of the main anchors of the nightly regional news programme, HTV News , alongside Bruce Hockin and Richard Wyatt. She also presented a request show for the independent local radio station Radio West (now known as GWR FM Bristol). Death In 1990, St John took a l... ... Read more

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Chapters: Marilyn Monroe, Dana Plato, Charles Boyer, Hervé Villechaize, Tony Hancock, Dalida, Jean Seberg, Doodles Weaver, Soad Hosny, Margaux Hemingway, Chester Morris, Lou Tellegen, Richard Farnsworth, George Reeves, Inger Stevens, Maggie Mcnamara, Leslie Cheung, Florence Lawrence, Guru Dutt, Brian Keith, Gig Young, Karl Dane, Choi Jin Sil, Spalding Gray, George Sanders, Daisuke Gōri, Jerry Desmonde, Lupe Vélez, Dorothy Hale, Phyllis Hyman, Libby Holman, Jonathan Brandis, Pedro Armendáriz, Jane Arden, Peg Entwistle, Andrew Koenig, Carole Landis, Tom Graeff, Ed Flanders, Charles Rocket, Clara Blandick, Gary Vinson, Alan Lake, Li Tobler, Art Acord, Pete Duel, Barbara Bates, Lucy Gordon, Rachel Roberts, Stephen Haggard, Ernst Schröder, Marie Mcdonald, Barbara Yung, Richard Jeni, Brenda Benet, George Periolat, Capucine, Helen Twelvetrees, Joyce Jameson, Lester Cuneo, Jill Bennett, Grant Withers, Fred Herko, Max Linder, Barry Brown, U;nee, Mary Kay Bergman, Kenneth Halliwell, Elizabeth Hartman, David Rappaport, Walter Slezak, Mayo Methot, Jūzō Itami, Lois Hamilton, Imre Soós, Frank Wolff, Jang Ja-Yeon, Jason Raize, Ruan Lingyu, Pauline Chan, Evelyn Hoey, Michael Gothard, Michael Goodliffe, Justin Pierce, Diana Barrymore, Silk Smitha, Dorothy Abbott, Yukiko Okada, Micke Dubois, Will Rogers, Jr., Charles Avery, Ross Alexander, Valdemar Psilander, Philip Loeb, Bill Cody, Jr., Lee Eun-Ju, Arthur Edmund Carewe, Hugh O'connor, Keith Andes, Christine Pascal, Adele Blood, Everett Sloane, Nafisa Joseph, Miroslava Stern, Albert Salmi, Bob Grant, Dudu Topaz, Rick Jason, Mark Priestley, Benjamin Hendrickson, Shi Hui, Phyllis Haver, Rusty Hamer, Gia Scala, Ichikawa Danjūrō Viii, Scotty Beckett, Virginia Maskell, Edward Platt, Marvel Rea, Debbie Weems, Elizabeth Cooper, David Arkin, Imogen Hassall, Roland Harrah Iii, Patrick Dewaere, Richard Quine, Jeong Da-Bin, Sybille Schmitz, Johanna Sällström, Tom Forman, Sue Williams, Jorge Mistral, Juha...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=19318 ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Alcohol-Related Deaths in Oklahoma, Drug-Related Suicides in Oklahoma, Dana Plato, Karen Silkwood, Carl Radle, Walter Brown. Excerpt: Karen Gay Silkwood (February 19, 1946 November 13, 1974) was an American labor union activist and chemical technician at the Kerr-McGee plant near Crescent, Oklahoma, United States. Silkwood's job was making plutonium pellets for nuclear reactor fuel rods. She died under mysterious circumstances after investigating claims of irregularities and wrongdoing at the Kerr-McGee plant. Silkwood was born in Longview, Texas, the daughter of Merle and William Silkwood, and raised in Nederland, Texas. She attended Lamar State College in Beaumont, Texas. In 1965, she married oil pipeline worker William Meadows with whom she had three children. Silkwood left her husband in 1972 and moved to Oklahoma City where she briefly worked as a hospital clerk. After being hired at Kerr-McGee, Silkwood joined the Oil, Chemical ... Read more

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Chapters: Ritchie Valens, Michael Milken, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, Dana Plato, Wil Wheaton, Tom Waits, Brandon Boyd, Jennifer Aniston, Paula Abdul, Adam Carolla, Lalaine, Ami Dolenz, Mary-Kate Olsen, Bonnie Raitt, Corey Feldman, Julie Brown, Lisa Kudrow, John Elway, Katharine Mcphee, Brian Welch, Kirk Cameron, Jimmy Vasser, Blake Lively, Matt Cassel, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Lisa Moretti, Robert F. Simon, Eric Rupe, Jim Pugh, Sara Paxton, Don Drysdale, Denny Crum, Barry Minkow, Mark Harmon, Linda Lingle, Edward Furlong, George Lopez, Jeff Fisher, Paul Thomas Anderson, Greg Palast, America Ferrera, Don Stansauk, Mark Vallen, Meagan Good, Eddie Frierson, Edmund Kemper, Cam Clarke, Kyle Boller, Payton Jordan, Diane Warren, Brian Flemming, Louis R. Rocco, Brian Austin Green, Candace Cameron Bure, Jackie Earle Haley, Matt Moore, Jerry Mathers, Martin Donovan, Dave Koz, Stanley Gold, Francis de Sales, Eddie Cibrian, Randy Boone, Mike Moustakas, Don Keefer, Illana Katz, Steven W. Lindsey, William T. Perkins, Jr., Shane Stanley, Ryan Hollweg, Maggie Dixon, Lowell George, Rene Russo, Azura Skye, Luis J. Rodriguez, Rob Zicari, Ytcracker, Johnny Washbrook, Katy Rose, Derek Hagan, Charles Martin Smith, Josh Portis, Mae Busch, Gary Lockwood, Joe R. Campa, Bobby Diamond, Noreen Corcoran, Morgan York, J. T. O'sullivan, Todd Haynes, Tony Eveready, Cady Mcclain, Laura Ziskin, Brandon Rogers, Robert Karnes, La'myia Good, A. J. Langer, Bobbi Fiedler, Mark Balderas, Jay Ferguson, Alina Tugend, Dino, Bryce Papenbrook, Justin Fargas, Sandy Descher, Mackenzie Firgens, Johnny Whitaker, Allison Robertson, Richard Alarcón, Debi Diamond, Jordan Palmer, Steve Busby, Robbie Rist, Doug Savant, Tom Nolan, Phil Glover, Jamal Anderson, Arianne Zucker, Jan Smithers, Anthony Ervin, Bill Schultz, Sue Williams, Diane Linkletter, Travis Johnson, Jimmy Kinnon, Rappin' Granny, Alfred C. Richmond, Dennis Burkley, Jennifer Landon, Douglas Robb, Bobby East, David Deluise, T...http://booksllc.net/?id=30519 ... Read more

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This book examines Platos account in the Timaeus of a third kind and its cosmic members, a material principle and place. ... Read more

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Celebrity Sleuth is the magazine devoted to uncovering the hottest actresses! This issue features the women of television, and it features Dana Plato's last nudes, along with sexy and/or nude photos of Heidi Klum, Jenna Elfman, Jennifer Grey, Keri Russell, Calista Flockhart, Portia de Rossi, Lucy Liu, Amy Brenneman, Yasmine Bleeth, Alex Kingston, Brooke Shields, Jennifer Aniston, Laura San Giacomo, Wendie Malick, Bebe Neuwirth, Jane Leeves, Doria, and many others! ... Read more

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20 books in the Deluxe Edition of the Harvard Classics, all in "leather-like" green bindings, containing all the classic writers, more then listed on title, like Homer, Cervantes, Tennyson, etc. In addition, as 21st book, Famous Prefaces, is included. Each book has gold writing on the bindings showing authur, the Harvard Classics Shield, etc, making a beautiful library display. ... Read more

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A short memoir of how veteran actor Shavar Ross landed the role of Dudley Ramsey, Gary Coleman's best friend on the hit television series "Diff'rent Strokes." Shavar talks about The First Day On The Set: meeting Gary Coleman, Todd Bridges, Dana Plato and what it was like going to school (on the set) with the cast members. Shavar also gives details about the fun things he did with Gary such as the sleep overs, bowling, and other fun times they had as real life friends.Shavar mentions what the seasonal wrap parties on the show was like and reminisces about doing the very last episode of the show. Also, learn how a television show like "Diff'rent Strokes" is produced on a weekly basis. ... Read more