Celebrities Who Got Rich and Then Lost It All

Dana Plato

After Diff'rent Strokes got canceled, Dana Plato struggled just like her costar Gary Coleman. She was tricked by an attorney and an accountant team to sign all of her money away to them. They ran off with her entire bank account, and she was left with nothing. She became homeless, struggled with substances, got arrested for robbing a video store, and sadly overdosed in 1994. 

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.