Chris Burke as Corky Thatcher in the Life Goes On cast. 1990/2008 ABC/MovieStillsDB.com; Jamie McCarthy/Staff/Getty Images. As the first prime-time TV star with Down syndrome, ...

Zack Gottsagen was just 4 years old when he saw a television show that would set him on his acting journey. “I learned a lot from the character Corky from Life Goes On as he was an actor with ...

Growing up, I watched Life Goes On, the first show to feature a major character with Down Syndrome, Corky Thatcher, played by Chris Burke. There have been others to follow, ...

Thanks to her passion for acting, Kassie was honored Thursday at the annual National Down Syndrome Society gala and auction, alongside actor Chris Burke, best known for his role as Corky Thatcher ...

Actress Andrea Fay Friedman has died. Friedman died on Sunday (Dec. 3) at her home in Santa Monica, California. She was 53. Friedman died from complications of Alzheimer’s Disease, her father ...

Andrea Fay Friedman, who played Amanda Swanson in the 1990s TV series Life Goes On on ABC, passed away on Sunday, Dec. 3, at the age of 53. The actress died in Santa Monica, California from ...

On “Life Goes On,” she played Amanda Swanson, who dates and goes on to marry Charles “Corky” Thatcher, who has Down syndrome as well. She was initially slated to appear on just one episode ...

Growing up, I watched Life Goes On, the first show to feature a major character with Down Syndrome, Corky Thatcher, played by Chris Burke. There have been others to follow, ...

Life Goes On star Andrea Fay Friedman died Sunday at her home in Santa Monica, California. She was 53. Her father, Hal Friedman, confirmed the news to The New York Times on Thursday, revealing ...

Growing up, I watched Life Goes On, the first show to feature a major character with Down Syndrome, Corky Thatcher, played by Chris Burke. There have been others to follow, ...