Adam Rich, best known for his role as Nicholas Bradford in the 1970s TV drama “Eight is Enough,” died Saturday at 54 years old, according to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner.

A family member of Rich told TMZ the actor died at his home in Los Angeles, where law enforcement told sources the former child actor was found lifeless by an unidentified person who arrived at the residence.

According to authorities, an official cause of death has not been revealed, but there is no foul play suspected.

NBC News reported Rich’s spokesman, Danny Deraney, described the actor as a “wonderful guy” who was “really America’s little brother.”

“He was kind, generous and a warrior in the fight against mental illness,” Deraney said. “He was so unselfish and always looked out for those he cared about. Which is why many people who grew up with him feel really sad today.”

Rich rose to fame in the 1970s while portraying Nicholas, the youngest son, on “Eight is Enough,” which ran on ABC from 1977-1981.

Dick Van Patten, who also starred in the TV drama as Rich’s father, said of his former co-star in a 2011 interview that Rich was the reason “why the show was a big success.”

“People loved him!” Van Patten said, according to Page Six. “[Fans] named a child Nicholas and everything because of him. He was cute, and he was a good actor. He was very natural.”

Rich would go on to land smaller roles in other television shows and assorted movies throughout the late 1970s and 1980s, which include “Fantasy Island,” “CHiPs,” “Small Wonder,” and credit as a voice actor on the animated series “Dungeons & Dragons.”

Before taking a ten-year hiatus from the screen and spotlight, Rich was last credited on an episode of “Baywatch” in 1993.

He re-emerged in 2003 to portray himself in the 2003 David Spade comedy “Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star.”

In the same year, he starred as Crocodile Dundee in the TV series “Reel Comedy.’’

According to TMZ, Rich reportedly struggled with substance abuse, which resulted in a 1991 arrest for breaking a pharmacy window to obtain drugs.

Van Patten later bailed him out.

Page Six noted that Rich spent the following years in and out of rehab.

Authorities arrested Rich again in 2002 on DUI charges after nearly hitting a California Highway Patrol vehicle.

Rich denied the charges to CBS News, telling reporters, “I’ve been sober for ten years.”

Illegal immigrants in El Paso, Texas, have been arrested, their camps have been taken down, and some have been sent back to Mexico in the week leading up to President Biden’s first visit to the border during his term. 

El Paso, the epicenter of the border crisis, saw up to 2,500 illegal immigrants crossing the border every day in mid-December. Videos show authorities patrolling and arresting illegal immigrants sleeping on city streets outside a bus station and the Sacred Heart Church shelter, NBC reported. 

“People are saying that if you are out in the streets the Border Patrol will get you and deport you because the President is coming to El Paso and they don’t want to show him the reality of things,” Maria Rodriguez, a Venezuelan who was living in a dumpster for three days, told the New York Post. “I hope we get shelter tonight because it took us a lot of courage to go out of that dumpster after three days…We just don’t want to keep running. All we are asking is for one chance.” 

One Border Patrol agent told The Post that 200 illegal immigrants were sent back to Mexico on Saturday. President Biden is scheduled to visit El Paso Sunday afternoon, much to the dismay of some border patrol agents who say it is too little, too late.

National Border Patrol Council President Brandon Judd told Fox News Digital in a recent interview that agents are “beyond frustrated that he allowed this issue to get as bad as it is, he’s not coming to the border of his own accord. He would have done that a long, long time ago.”

Lisa Graybill, vice president of law and policy at the National Immigration Law Center, told NBC News that removing illegal immigrants in front of a church shelter violates Homeland Security policy. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas sent a memo in October 2021 stating that illegal immigrants should not be arrested at shelters like places of worship and courthouses, according to the outlet. 

El Paso being cleaned up as if nothing unusual ever happened there. Just in time for Biden's "visit to the border".

We suggest just landing in Des Moines, Iowa and telling him it's El Paso. He'll never know the difference.

— Border Patrol Union – NBPC (@BPUnion) January 6, 2023

The Border Patrol Union made its stance on the President’s trip known, tweeting on Friday: “El Paso being cleaned up as if nothing unusual ever happened there. Just in time for Biden’s ‘visit to the border’. We suggest just landing in Des Moines, Iowa and telling him it’s El Paso. He’ll never know the difference.” 

In April 2021, Biden said his administration had “gotten control” of the border situation. Then, in September 2021, he said he planned on visiting the southern border “at some point.” Now, some fifteen months later, the President is scheduled to make the trip.

21 months ago, Joe Biden declared victory on the southern border: "We've now gotten control."

Tomorrow, Biden will allegedly stop by the border for the first time in his life to see his disaster in person.pic.twitter.com/UkCBY26fZC

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) January 7, 2023

Biden announced the stop while unveiling border initiatives, saying, “I know that migration is putting a real strain on the border and on border communities.”

“The actions we’re announcing today will make things better — will make things better but will not fix the border problem completely. There’s more that has to be done,” Biden said Thursday.