We're remembering the ones who didn't escape the curse of young fame.
Brad Renfro
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By the time he died in 2008, at the age of 25 Brad Renfro starred in many movies and TV shows, including The Client, Apt Pupil and The Informers. He died from heroin and morphine intoxication.
Dana Plato
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Not even a Playboy photoshoot could revive Dana Plato’s film career after her run on Diff’rent Strokes was over. The desperate actress took her own life in 1999 at the age of 34 from an overdose of prescription drugs.
Michelle Thomas
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Michelle Thomas got famous after starring as Justine Phillips on The Cosby Show and later as Myra Monkhouse on Family Matters. In 1997, she was diagnosed with a rare form a cancer and underwent surgery, but the cancer kept on spreading. She died at 29.
