Hi,

It is truely sad that Dana lost her struggle.
Try www.imdb.com There were a couple of people who say they met dana.
I have also see na picture of Dana at Dry Cleaners, so maybe you can
trace.
I hope to go to California again later this year.
--- In rememberingdanaplato@yahoogroups.com, "Lynda" <lmw100@...>
wrote:
>
> Thanks for all the valuable info on Dana's life in Las Vegas. If
> anyone happens to know her address when she lived in Hollywood, I
> would greatly appreciate it. I haven't been to California yet but
am
> thinking on going sometime.
>
> Lynda
>
>
> --- In rememberingdanaplato@yahoogroups.com, "sfm992002"
> <sfm992002@> wrote:
> >
> > I think it will be 10 years this May sweet Dana lost her life. I
am
> > such a big fan that I have no words to do her justice. Sweet Dana.
> >
> > --- In rememberingdanaplato@yahoogroups.com, Michael Gonzales
> > <mikeg77852000@> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Hey Chris, it is good of you to remember Dana. Not many people
> seem
> > to care about her now that she has been gone almost 9 years now.
> But
> > I never forgot her. And I never forgot the autograph picture that
> she
> > sent me several years before when she was still on Different
> Strokes.
> > I would have given anything to try to save her. If you want a
good
> > place to see a good memorial to Dana, go to danaplato.net. It is
a
> > great web site and you will truly enjoy it. Take care and have a
> good
> > day. Mike G.
> > > --- On Thu, 1/22/09, chrisk0529 <chrisk529@> wrote:
> > >
> > > From: chrisk0529 <chrisk529@>
> > > Subject: [Remembering Dana Plato] Dana's time in Las Vegas.
> > > To: rememberingdanaplato@yahoogroups.com
> > > Date: Thursday, January 22, 2009, 5:12 PM
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Howdy from Texas, y'all.
> > >
> > > I know that we lost Dana in May of 1999 (exactly 3 weeks before
> my
> > > birthday!), but I hadn't really thought all that much about her
> for
> > > the past few years, until just the other day when AOL ran
> a "Where
> > > Are They Now?" story about "Diff'rent Strokes". When I got to
the
> > > page about her I was amazed to discover that my eyes welled up
> with
> > > tears. Then I swear I sensed "something"; it was as if she
> reached
> > > out to me from the great beyond and said "Please don't ever
> forget
> > > me!". Well Dana, I've thought about you more these last few
days
> > than
> > > I have the last few years, and I'm looking for everything and
> > > anything I can find about you. Even though I never had the
honor
> to
> > > meet you I feel like I really knew you, and your passing far
> before
> > > your time really hurts not just me but countless other fans.
Rest
> > in
> > > peace beautiful lady, and I swear I WILL NEVER, EVER forget you
> > > again!
> > >
> > > That's why I'm here. I never thought I'd belong to a group like
> > this,
> > > but as we all know there was something special about Dana,
> > otherwise
> > > we wouldn't be here, right?
> > >
> > > Which leads me to the following. I want to share with you a few
> > > things I discovered about Dana's life in Las Vegas. I plan to
> > > investigate more fully into this as time permits, and I welcome
> any
> > > comments and assistance from members of this group.
> > >
> > > I visit Las Vegas at least twice a year, so I have an interest
in
> > > where Dana might have been while she was living there. I
obtained
> a
> > > copy of the story about Dana's tragic passing from the Las
Vegas
> > > Review-Journal newspaper dated May 10, 1999, the reason being
is
> > that
> > > I hoped it would give much more specific information on her
life
> > > there. To this end I was not too disappointed. (The full
article
> > > available upon request). I also have the story from the Las
Vegas
> > Sun
> > > but it sheds very little additional information on her time in
> Las
> > > Vegas. I do appreciate reading this from the Sun article:
> > >
> > > "It's a shame when someone with so much potential dies so
young,"
> > > said District Attorney Stewart Bell, who as a private attorney
in
> > the
> > > early 1990s represented Plato and twice won her probation for
the
> > > crimes to which she pleaded guilty. "She had a troubled young
> > > adulthood but I know that for a while she was drug-free because
> she
> > > was regularly tested while on probation."
> > >
> > > There were several specific locations mentioned in the Review-
> > Journal
> > > story and I believe I have located their possible locations:
> > >
> > > "She lived for months at the Anchor Village Apartments at The
> > Lakes."
> > >
> > > I was unable to locate any place by that name in Las Vegas but
> > > evidence seriously supports my guess that it's known today as
> > > the "Sunset Breeze" apartments, located at 3001 Lake East
Drive.
> > Lake
> > > East Drive is a short street, and photos from GoogleEarth show
> only
> > > one apartment complex on it. Evidence to support my guess is
> found
> > in
> > > this statement from the newspaper:
> > >
> > > "Plato pleaded guilty to robbing Lake Video on Lake East Drive
in
> > > February 1991. Plato, disguised in a hat, coat and sunglasses,
> > robbed
> > > the store while brandishing a pellet gun. 'I was shocked when
she
> > > walked up to the front desk with a gun in her coat, demanding
> > money,'
> > > store clerk Heather Dailey said at the time. 'She was disguised
> in
> > a
> > > hat, sunglasses and a coat, but I recognized her through the
> window
> > > before she even came in the door.
> > >
> > > 'It was shocking because she lives around here,' Dailey said
> > > then. 'I've seen her in here before. When she brought the gun
> out,
> > I
> > > thought, 'You're kidding me' because I knew (who she was).'
> > >
> > > About $140 of the stolen money was recovered, police said.
After
> > the
> > > robbery, Plato apparently gambled about $20 at a bar in the
same
> > > shopping center as the video store.
> > >
> > > I was unable to locate a business called "Lake Video" in the
Las
> > > Vegas area, and the article does not mention the name of the
bar
> > > either.
> > >
> > > However, there is a shopping center with many detached
buildings
> in
> > > it on the west side of Crystal Water Way, just south of its
> > > intersection with W. Sahara called "Lakes Park", located at the
> > point
> > > where Lake East Drive intersects with Crystal Water Way. I have
> not
> > > found any info on the tenants at this location at this time.
> > >
> > > "....she took a job at the Al Phillips cleaners on West
Flamingo
> > > Road...."
> > >
> > > I was able to locate this place; I'm hoping it hasn't moved
since
> > > Dana worked there:
> > >
> > > Al Phillips the Cleaner Inc.,
> > > 8645 W. Flamingo Rd., #101, Las Vegas, NV 89147.
> > > Website: http://www.alphilli ps-thecleaner. com .
> > >
> > > It's in the "Desert Breeze Plaza" shopping center at W.
Flamingo
> > Dr.
> > > and S. Durango Dr., on the west side of town. Unfortunately I
> can't
> > > get any decent ground level photos from GoogleEarth for this
> > location.
> > >
> > > "After leaving that job, she worked for several weeks at
Crystal
> > > Cleaners on Spring Mountain Road."
> > >
> > > I was unable to locate this business on Spring Mountain Rd.;
> > however
> > > a "Crystal Cleaners" does exist just north of there on N. Jones
> > > Blvd.; Spring Mountain Rd. and Jones Blvd. cross. Obviously
they
> > > moved since then.
> > >
> > > Call me crazy, but I'm planning to check out these places on my
> > next
> > > visit to Las Vegas later this year. I'm sure there are
> > no "memorials"
> > > at any of them, but being the nut that I am, I want to see the
> > places
> > > where Dana spent part of her all-too-brief life. Hopefully I
will
> > > discover more before then and will gladly share with all on
here.
> > >
> > > Thank again, Chris in Texas.
> > >
> >
>