Bridges 'sad' to be last 'Strokes' child star

Todd Bridges has said that he is "sad" to be the last Diff'rent Strokes child star alive.

The former actor revealed his upset at the loss of co-star Gary Coleman, who died yesterday after suffering an intracranial haemorrhage.

Speaking to The AP, Bridges said: "It's unfortunate. It's a sad day... It's sad that I'm the last kid alive from the show."

In 1999, Dana Plato, who played Coleman and Bridges's adoptive sister on the show, died at age 34 of a drug overdose, while earlier this month, Plato's 25-year-old son Tyler Lambert committed suicide.

Bridges recently revealed that he was sexually abused as an 11-year-old.