“Uncovering the Dark Connection: Did Howard Stern’s Influence Lead to Dana Plato’s Tragic Fate?”
Bridges’ mother Betty Bridges pointed the finger squarely at Stern: âAfter going on his show maybe she thought, âI need to take a Valium to calm me down because people think Iâm on drugs’…If youâre not taking drugs and theyâre saying you are, then youâre tripping out. Sheâs very sensitive.â
Stern, however, denied responsibility and insisted the actress had fun on his show. âMaybe we gave her her last good time. She thanked me afterward. She was sweet, very nice.â
In a tragic footnote to an already tragic story, Plato’s only child, Tyler Lambert, would also die by suicide on May 6, 2010, almost 11 years to the day since his mother took her own life. Much as the loss of her own mother had contributed to Plato’s addictions, so too had Plato’s son sought solace in drugs and alcohol after her death, leading to his own sad and untimely demise aged 25.
