Adam Rich, the actor who played the child in “The Bradford family” has died: he was 54 years old – Corriere.it

Adam Rich, an actor who had success as a child playing the youngest son of The Bradford family, who died at his home in Los Angeles at the age of 54. The American portal TMZ, in giving the news, wrote that his death occurred on Saturday, citing the family as a source, but did not provide details on the cause of death.

Rich had made his debut in 1977 with The Bradford Family playing the youngest son, Nicholas, until 1981. He had then tried to continue his acting career in other television series – such as Love Boat, CHiPs, Fantasy Island, The Six Million Dollar Man – but the salaries had dropped over time. So in 1993, after starring in an episode of Baywatch, he had left the scene for a long time, after ending up in the tunnel of alcoholism and drugs (in 1989 he almost died from a Valium overdose). was also arrested for a theft attempt in 1991.

In 2003 Rich then played himself in David Spade’s comedy Dickie Robers: Former child star. In 2021 Cnn spoke about him in the series The history of the sitcom and he himself, at the time, reflected on his beginnings in an Instagram post: I am grateful for the joy I felt when I acted in “The Bradford family”… I hope I may have brought some joy to you too.