Melanie Watson Bernhardt, Diff’rent Strokes star, dies at 57 after lifelong battle with osteogenesis imperfecta: The condition, causes and treatment

Melanie Watson Bernhardt had this way of lighting up a room, even after her condition. She grabbed hearts back in the 80s as Kathy Gordon on Diff’rent Strokes, Arnold’s buddy in four sweet episodes. Born in 1968 in Dana Point, California, she faced osteogenesis imperfecta—brittle bone disease-from day one, but that never stopped her from…

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Ashes blow for England as Gus Atkinson suffers hamstring tear at MCG, ruled out of series: Here’s what it is and what is the recovery timeline

Gus Atkinson, England’s breakout fast bowler with 54 Test wickets already under his belt, lived every quick’s nightmare on Boxing Day at the MCG. The 27-year-old Surrey star, who had just ripped through Scott Boland, clutched his left hamstring mid-run-up–and hobbled off, scans later confirming a tear that ends his Ashes tour. His hamstring injury…

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