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Ahh, celebrity drug abuse. Sometimes more entertaining than the
entertainment itself. The tragic part about it is, most of the abusers,
at best end up becoming regulars at Betty Ford, at worst, in the case
of Suddenly Susan costar David Strickland, dangling from a bed
sheet in a Las Vegas hotel room.
Following Strickland’s death, Dick released a statement claiming he only
knew Strickland for a "brief time" and "looked forward to a new friendship."
TV Guide, though, says the brief relationship was intense.
The day before his death Strickland and Dick attended an LA club where
the actor had reportedly been "smoking crack, snorting cocaine, and drinking
large quantities of tequila and beer."
The two then flew to Las Vegas, drank a ton of booze, and harassed hundreds
of strippers. Strickland hung himself shortly thereafter. Strickland, TV Guide
says, had recently stopped taking doctor-prescribed lithium to control his "wild"
mood swings.
Despite Strickland’s outrageous behavior off the set, cast and crew members
of Suddenly Susan agree that if the actor’s had troubles, they certainly wouldn’t have
known it from his demeanor at the studio.
"He wasn't the cast member anybody worried about--the one who was late, or
difficult, or who had problems and got special treatment," an unnamed
director told TV Guide. "He was just nice and sweet and funny."
Dick’s carefully worded statement was presumably given to avoid any kind
of wrongful death suit Strickland’s family might have filed against him in
regard to the actor’s death, er, suicide.
Either way, Dick becomes an easy target for blame, having been involved
in a hit and run accident where he almost killed a pedestrian.
Andy Dick is now in rehab…where he belongs.
