Conrad Bain, Father on 'Diff'rent Strokes', Dies at 89

Conrad Bain, Father on 'Diff'rent Strokes', Dies at 89

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Conrad Bain, best known for his role on the 1970s and '80s television comedy "Diff'rent Strokes" as a wealthy, white New Yorker who adopts two young black boys from Harlem, has died at age 89, his daughter said on

13, 1981 file photo shows stars of the television show "Different Strokes," clockwise from foreground, Gary Coleman, Conrad Bain and Todd Bridges at the Emmy Awards in Los Angeles. Bain, who starred as the kindly white

Conrad Bain, an accomplished stage and film actor who was best known for a late-career role on television as the white adoptive father of two poor black boys on the long-running comedy “Diff'rent Strokes,” died on Monday in Livermore, Calif. He was 89.

CommentsComments(1)Comments() | E-mail| PrintPop superstar Janet Jackson and actor Todd Bridges have paid tribute to their late “Diff'rent Strokes” co-star Conrad Bain following his death on Monday. The actor, who played beloved patriarch Phillip

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Conrad Bain, best known for his role on the 1970s and '80s television comedy "Diff'rent Strokes" as a wealthy, white New Yorker who adopts two young black boys from Harlem, has died at age 89, his daughter said on