Adam Rich’s purpose of dying has been revealed. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office, Rich’s motive of loss of life is listed as “effects of fentanyl.” The manner in which he died is listed as an “accident.”

The Eight is Enough celebrity died Jan. 7 at his Los Angeles home. He used to be fifty four The actor’s rep mourned him in a assertion to ET. “Adam was once no longer simply a warrior for erasing the stigma on intellectual illness, however a warrior for humanity. He had no ego. He sincerely cared about people. He was once America’s Little Brother,” the announcement said.

“He used to be cherished by means of so many, particularly via these who grew up with him observing Eight is Enough, or (Disney’s) The Devil and Max Devlin,” the assertion continued. “He will be neglected and continually cherished.”

Rich famously performed Nicolas, the youngest baby of the Bradford bunch. The actor seemed on the show, which ran from 1977-1981, for all 5 seasons. In addition, his performing credit encompass Dungeons and Dragons and Code Red. In 2003, he regarded as himself in Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star.

Following his time on screen, Rich remained mostly out of the spotlight. Over the path of his life, he battled substance abuse troubles and used to be arrested — and bailed out of reformatory by means of his TV father — Dick Van Patten in 1991, in accordance to the Los Angeles Times.

In 2021, Rich took section in CNN’s The History of the Sitcom.