Virginia Chamlee is a Politics Writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE for three years. Her work has previously appeared in The Washington Post, Buzzfeed, Eater, and other outlets. Gary ...

Dana Plato starred in one of the most recognizable sitcoms of the of the 1970s and '80s. But amid a career reliant on comic timing, a dark tragedy took hold when Plato died at age 34. Born on Nov. 7, ...

The ‘Diff’rent Strokes’ star claimed Gary Coleman’s dad caused trouble on the set. Todd Bridges was one of the most popular child stars of the 1970s. By the early 1980s, he was a bona fide sitcom star ...

Todd Bridges recently appeared on “The Patrick LabyorSheaux” podcast and opened up about the issues he had with his late co-star Gary Coleman’s father, Willie Coleman, during “Diff’rent Strokes.” “The ...

As my 50th birthday approaches, something unsettling has started to happen: Social media has figured out that I’m a member of Generation X, and it wants me to feel nostalgic about it. It’s not that I ...

Bridges jokingly threatened to quit 'Diff'rent Strokes' if they didn't cast the budding star as his girlfriend Paul Drinkwater/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty; Mike Guastella/Ron Galella Collection via ...

Gary Coleman had a hard life, one marked by great success but also heartbreaking struggles. Yet it was a life that the Diff'rent Strokes alum planned to keep living. "I haven't had the highest highs ...

Shannon Price addressed the decision she made to take her ex-husband, Gary Coleman, off of life support. In 2010, Coleman was placed into a medically induced coma after falling in his house and ...

Gary Coleman’s ex wanted to set the record straight. That’s why 15 years after the "Diff’rent Strokes" actor’s 2010 death from an apparent fall in their shared home, Shannon Price agreed to ...

That’s why 15 years after the "Diff’rent Strokes" actor’s 2010 death from an apparent fall in their shared home, Shannon Price agreed to participate in A&E’s series, "Lie Detector: Truth or Deception, ...