Eight Is Enough’ Actor Adam Rich Dies: According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner, Adam Rich, an actor who gained notoriety as a youngster playing Nicholas Bradford, the youngest Bradford family member, on the television drama “Eight Is Enough,” has passed away.
He was 54.
According to a TMZ report quoting Rich’s relatives, he passed away Saturday at his home in Los Angeles. They passed away for different reasons.
While Rich’s part in “Eight Is Enough” made him most famous, he also appeared on many TV shows and movies in the late ’70s and ’80s. Fantasy Island, CHiPs, Small Wonder, and a voice role in the animated series “Dungeons & Dragons” are a few of the credits.
Before taking a ten-year hiatus from on-camera work, Rich’s final TV appearance was on an episode of “Baywatch” in 1993.
Later, in the 2003 David Spade comedy “Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star,” he played himself. In the same year, he also played Crocodile Dundee in the TV series “Reel Comedy.”
Rich encountered legal issues in 1991 about an alleged burglary. According to a Los Angeles Times article, his “Eight Is Enough” TV dad, actor Dick Van Patten, once covered his bail.
Rich took part in a 1996 hoax claiming that he had passed away, which was authored by Dave Eggers, the author of “Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius,” for Might Magazine as part of a satire on celebrity deaths.
The former child star reflected on his career in a post on Instagram in 2021, when he was a featured character in the CNN series “The History of the Sitcom.”
“I’m grateful for the joy felt while working on 8!…,” Rich wrote. “I do hope it may have brought you some joy as well.”
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