Melanie Watson, a disabled actress remembered for her charming performances on four episodes of "Diff'rent Strokes," has died at 57. TMZ reports her brother Robert Watson confirmed her death, saying she died December 26 in Colorado Springs following a hospitalization. Watson became a face of the disease osteogenesis imperfecta, also known as brittle-bone disease, playing perky Kathy Gordon on "Diff'rent Strokes," the sitcom that made Gary Coleman a star. In a 2020 IndieWi...
Melanie Watson, a disabled actress remembered for her charming performances on four episodes of "Diff'rent Strokes," has died at 57. TMZ reports her brother Robert Watson confirmed her death, saying she died December 26 in Colorado Springs following a hospitalization. Watson became a face of the disease osteogenesis imperfecta, also known as brittle-bone disease, playing perky Kathy Gordon on "Diff'rent Strokes," the sitcom that made Gary Coleman a star. In a 2020 IndieWi...
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