Inspiration
We can thank the late, great legendary boxer Muhammad Ali for inspiring the show’s title. During a 1966 interview, Ali said, “Different strokes for different folks.” Before the producers chose that name, they originally thought of naming the show 45 Minutes from Harlem.
Inspiration
Game of Life
Sadly after the show wrapped up back in 1986, Dana Plato struggled quite a bit in her personal and work life. Plato made many horrible financial mistakes without a financial advisor, abused drugs and alcohol, and was then arrested when she robbed a convenience store. As the store clerk phoned 911, she said to the operator, “I’ve just been robbed by the girl who played Kimberly on Diff’rent Strokes.” Just 15 minutes later, Plato returned to store she robbed and was arrested. Then in 1999, her story comes to a tragic end when she was found dead in her Winnebago motorhome, the coroner cited her death as a suicide.
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