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Conrad Bain of Diff'rent Strokes Dead at 89

Portrayer of 'Mr. Drummond' was classic character actor

By the Associated Press

Posted Jan 16, 2013 2:39 PM CST

(AP) – Conrad Bain, a veteran stage and film actor who became a star in middle age as the kindly white adoptive father of two young African-American brothers in the TV sitcom Diff'rent Strokes, has died. Bain died Monday of natural causes in his hometown of...   Read full story »

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