Former ‘Eight Is Enough’ Child Star Adam Rich Dead at 54: Report
usmagazine.comFormer child star Adam Rich has reportedly died. He was 54.The Eight Is Enough alum was found dead in his Los Angeles home on Saturday, January 7, according to a TMZ report that cited a family member.A cause of death has not been announced at the time of publication.Rich rose to fame as a child actor, notably playing youngest Bradford child Nicholas on the sitcom Eight Is Enough.
The ABC series ran for five seasons between 1977 and 1981, chronicling the adventures of the Bradford brood’s eight children.
Dick Van Patten, Connie Needham, Grant Goodeve, Willie Aames, Lani O’Grady and Laurie Walters also starred.“I think [Adam was one of the reasons that the show] was a big success,” Van Patten, who died in 2015 at the age of 86, recalled of working with his former TV son in a throwback Archive of American Television interview. “People loved him.
They named their child ‘Nicholas’ and everything because of him.”He continued: “He was like 7 years old [when we started the show] and he was cute and he was a good actor.
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