Adam Rich (born in Brooklyn, New York City, on October 12, 1968) is an American actor. // Headline text For other uses, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). ... Nickname: The Big Apple, The Capital of the World Official website: City of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area Total 468. ... October 12 is the 285th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (286th in leap years). ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...
He is arguably best remembered for playing youngest son Nicholas Bradford on the 1970s television drama Eight is Enough. He also made appearances on The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, The Six Million Dollar Man and Silver Spoons. The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... Eight is Enough was a television dramedy series which ran on ABC from March 15, 1977 until August 29, 1981. ... The Love Boat - Opening Title The Love Boat was a TV series set on a cruise ship, which aired on the ABC Television Network from 1977 until 1986. ... Tattoo and Mr. ... Part of The Bionic series The Six Million Dollar Man was an American television series about a cyborg working for a U.S. secret service called OSI. The show was based on the novel Cyborg from Martin Caidin, and aired on the ABC network from 1973 to 1978. ... Silver Spoons was a sitcom that aired on NBC from 1982 to 1986 and in first-run syndication from 1986 to 1987. ...
Rich has an older brother, Wayne.
In the years following Eight is Enough, Rich has faced substance abuse issues and run-ins with the law. He has also checked himself into rehab clinics such as the Betty Ford Center. In 2003, he appeared in the film Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star. The Betty Ford Center is a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center in Rancho Mirage, California co-founded by former United States First Lady Betty Ford and her friend, Ambassador Leonard Firestone, in 1982. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The conditions were thus: he or she had to be famous enough to have wide name recognition, but had to have been out of the spotlight long enough that readers wouldn't question too closely why they hadn't heard about their demise.
We chose AdamRich, best known as Nicholas, the adorable youngest child in the late-'70s TV dramedy "Eight is Enough." One of our contributors had grown up with him in L.A., so we called and pitched the idea.
In the issue, we recounted the events that led to Rich's murder at the hands of Tad Michael Earnhardt, a desperate out-of-work L.A. stagehand.