Conrad Bain Dies at 89

<img alt="Conrad Bain Dies at 89" height="266" src="http://cdn.thedailybeast.com/content/dailybeast/cheats/2013/01/17/conrad-bain-dies-at-89/jcr:content/image.img.204.136.jpg/1358427174421.cached.jpg" width="400" /><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Conrad Bain, the star of the ’70s and ’80s sitcom </span><i style="border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font: inherit; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Diff’rent Strokes,</i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"> has died, his daughter confirmed Wednesday. He was just three weeks short of his 90th birthday. Bain had a long career of playing professional characters such as doctors and lawyers before his breakout part, a conservative neighbor of Maude on </span><i style="border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font: inherit; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Maude. </i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">After that show ended, Bain landed his own sitcom, </span><em style="border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font: inherit; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Diff’rent Strokes,</em><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"> where he played a Park Avenue widower who adopted two young black boys from Harlem—a rare sight on 1970s television.</span><br />From:<a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/">http://www.thedailybeast.com</a>

Conrad Bain Dies at 89 Conrad Bain Dies at 89

Conrad Bain, the star of the ’70s and ’80s sitcom  Diff’rent Strokes,  has died, his daughter confirmed Wednesday. He was just three weeks s...

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