Gary Coleman Dies at 42
Child actor Gary Coleman – best known for his role as Arnold Drummond on the sitcom ‘Diff’rent Strokes – has died at the age of 42.
Coleman suffered an intracranial brain hemorrhage when he fell at his Utah home on Wednesday. He eventually slipped into a coma and was placed on life support at a Utah hospital. Coleman was taken off life support this morning and died at 12:05 p.m. MDT, according to Utah Valley Regional Medical Center spokeswoman Janet Frank. Coleman’s wife Shannon Price was at his side at the time of his death.
After finding fame as a television star in the 1970s and 1980s, which led to appearances in several movies and commercials, Coleman suffered a series of medical problems and run-ins with the law. Most of the years following Diff’rent Strokes were little more than tabloid fodder. From working as a security guard and hitting a woman he said was harassing him to hitting another man with his truck at a bowling alley after an argument, Coleman’s arrests always made the news.
Coleman and his wife also appeared on the show ‘Divorce Court.’
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