'Suddenly Susan' Star David Strickland Dies in Las Vegas Motel Room

David Strickland, an actor who starred opposite Brooke Shields on the sitcom Suddenly Susan killed himself in a hotel room in Las Vegas. The 29-year-old had hanged himself with a bed sheet over the ceiling beam of his room, and a hotel desk clerk found his body.

Strickland was pronounced dead on March 22, 1999 in his room at the Oasis Motel at 1731 S Las Vegas Boulevard.