Adam Rich died of fentanyl
The effects of fentanyl are believed to be the cause of death of Adam Rich, the child actor known as “America’s little brother” for his role in the popular family drama “Eight is Enough.”
The former television star’s death in January has been ruled an accident by the Los Angeles County Medical Coroner, according to an autopsy report. Rich died at his home in Los Angeles at the age of 54.
He rose to fame when he was just eight years old as the mop son raised by a widower’s newspaper columnist in ABC’s “Eight is Enough”. A limited acting career followed the show from 1977 to 1981.
Rich had publicly discussed his experiences with depression and substance abuse in the months before he died. He tweeted in October that he was seven years sober after arrests, many rehabs and several overdoses. He urged his followers to never give up.
He was arrested in April 1991 for attempting to break into a pharmacy and again in October for allegedly stealing a syringe filled with medicine at a hospital while being treated for a dislocated shoulder. A DUI arrest came in 2002 after hitting a parked California Highway Patrol cruiser on a closed highway lane.
