what happened to amanda peterson

Amanda Peterson, the former actress who starred in the 1980s teen movie "Cant Buy Me Love," died of an accidental morphine overdose in her apartment on July 5, 2015. Her family revealed that she had a troubled past and had been raped at age 15. Peterson had a criminal record and had struggled with substance abuse. Her father called her drug use "a very sad story," typical of young actors destroyed by the star-making machinery of Hollywood. Despite her difficult life, Peterson had been talking about a comeback and had started writing an autobiography.