Adam Rich, who rose to fame as a child for playing Nicholas, the youngest member of the Bradford family on the television series 8 Is Enough, has died. writes about it TMZ With reference to the Los Angeles County Office of Medical Examiners.
He was 54 years old.
Rich died Saturday at his home in Los Angeles. His family did not give a cause of death. Rich also starred in various projects and various TV movies in the late ’70s and late ’80s: Fantasy Island, Chips, Little Miracle. He voiced himself in the animated series Dungeons and Dragons.
Rich’s last television appearance was in an episode of Baywatch in 1993, after which he disappeared from television for a decade.
She then starred in David Spade’s 2003 comedy Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star and played Crocodile Dundee in Comedy Reel that same year.
Rich ran into legal trouble for an alleged theft in 1991. According to the Los Angeles Times, the “television dad” on Eight Is Enough, actor Dick Van Patten, paid bail for him at the time.