Former little one star Adam Rich, who starred in Eight Is Enough and voiced Presto within the Dungeons & Dragons cartoon present, has sadly handed away.
Word has are available in that actor Adam Rich has died. A former little one star finest identified for his position within the basic TV sequence Eight Is Enough, Rich was reportedly discovered lifeless at his house in Los Angeles on Saturday. Per TMZ, the reason for loss of life has not but been revealed, however it was divulged that Rich was discovered deceased by an unnamed one who got here to his home. Foul play is claimed to not be an element. Rich was 54 years previous.
Rich was simply eight years previous when he landed the position of Nicholas in Eight Is Enough, serving as a essential forged member on the sequence from 1977 to 1981. He’d comply with this up with a essential position within the sequence Code Red which ran for one season from 1981 to 1982. Rich additionally notably supplied the voice of Presto, the Magician within the animated Dungeons & Dragons cartoon from the Nineteen Eighties. The younger actor would seem in different exhibits within the Nineteen Eighties like Fantasy Island, CHiPs, St. Elsewhere, Silver Spoons, and Small Wonder. After reprising his position as Nicholas for the TV film An Eight Is Enough marriage ceremony, Rich would seem in an episode of 1993’s Baywatch earlier than strolling away from performing.
While principally retired as an actor, Rich did make a particular look as himself within the 2003 comedy Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star, featured alongside many different former little one stars from many years previous. He additionally participated in CNN’s The History of the Sitcom in 2021, and consequently, he seemed again at his life as a former little one star who rose to fame within the Seventies.
At the time, Rich posted to Instagram, “Honored to be included! Thx CNN! I’m grateful for the enjoyment felt whereas engaged on 8!… I do hope it might have introduced you some pleasure as nicely.”
Adam Rich Retreated from Acting After Growing Up
Life was not straightforward for Rich after discovering fame as a baby star. He dropped out of highschool by age 17 and almost died of a valium overdose just some years later in 1989. Legal issues had been quickly to comply with, as he could be arrested at completely different factors in his life along with spending a number of stints in rehab. At one level, his Eight Is Enough dad, Dick Van Patten, paid for Rich’s bail. In 1996, Rich would additionally make the information for taking part in a loss of life hoax for the aim of satirizing celeb deaths for Might Magazine.
“Adam was merely a beautiful man. He was form, beneficiant, and a warrior within the struggle in opposition to psychological sickness,” an announcement launched by his supervisor, Danny Deraney, reads. “Adam didn’t have an oz of ego. He was unselfish and at all times seemed out for these he cared about. Which is why many individuals who grew up with him really feel part of their childhood gone, and unhappy right now. He actually was Americas Little Brother.”
Rest in peace, Adam Rich.