Yeah, all three main child actors on that show went off the rails bigtime.
Whatchoo talkin bout Willis?
When satanic serial killer Richard Ramirez terrorized Willis from ‘Diff’rent Strokes’
In 1988 a crack-addicted Todd Bridges, the child-actor who played “Willis” on TV’s Diff’rent Strokes, was jailed for attempted murder in the shooting of LA drug dealer Kenneth “Tex” Clay. In prison, Bridges was housed on murderers’ row. One of his neighbors was the infamous “Night Stalker”...dangerousminds.net
Yep. OD'ed in her 30s, deliberately, I think. I remember reading that her son also killed himself, really sad. Child stardom is a fucking disaster.
Was the Kenneth 'tex' Clay referred to, in that article, the guy that hung with Manson?Whatchoo talkin bout Willis?
When satanic serial killer Richard Ramirez terrorized Willis from ‘Diff’rent Strokes’
In 1988 a crack-addicted Todd Bridges, the child-actor who played “Willis” on TV’s Diff’rent Strokes, was jailed for attempted murder in the shooting of LA drug dealer Kenneth “Tex” Clay. In prison, Bridges was housed on murderers’ row. One of his neighbors was the infamous “Night Stalker”...
That was a different fella, Tex Watson.
