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Anyone remember the ever so funny different strokes? Well he played the younger bro. I saw it on the news just now and found this article here.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former child star Gary Coleman, whose adult life was marked by financial and legal woes, has passed away said reports late Friday afternoon. The Huffington Post and TMZ were reporting that Coleman died around noon Friday from an intracranial hemorrhage.
Coleman was on life support early in a Utah hospital after suffering a brain hemorrhage, his manager said early Friday.
“We are saddened to announce that since mid afternoon, Mountain Time, on May 27, 2010, Mr. Coleman has been unconscious and on life support,” manager John Alcantar said in the statement released by the Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in Provo.
The diminutive Coleman, 42, who suffered from a congenital kidney disease that halted his growth, was hospitalized after suffering an intracranial hemorrhage Wednesday night at his home in Santaquin, Utah.
The following day he was “conscious and lucid” in the morning, but in the afternoon his condition worsened, he slipped into unconsciousness and was placed on life support.
No further details on his condition were immediately available. But he has not undergone any surgery, contrary to some media reports, and his family hope for a full recovery, the statement said.
Coleman gained fame as the sharp-talking, adopted son Arnold Jackson of a wealthy New Yorker in the hit sitcom ”Diff’rent Strokes,” which aired on U.S. television from 1978 to 1986. His famous line, “What you talkin’ ’bout Willis?” when talking to his brother, became a pop culture catchphrase.
The child actor also made guest appearances on several popular shows of the times, including “The Jeffersons,” “Good Times” and “Silver Spoons”
But Coleman was never able to recapture the stardom he enjoyed as a child and teenager. As an adult, he would appear on some TV shows, but much of his work went straight to video.
He sued his parents and former manager for mishandling his finances, and for a time, he worked as a security guard.
In 1998, he was charged with assault after hitting a woman who asked for his autograph in one of several instances of disorderly conduct that landed him in legal trouble. Just this past January, he was arrested on a charge of domestic violence in Utah.
“At times, it may not have been apparent, but he always has had fond memories of being an entertainer and appreciates his fans for all their support over the years,” Alcantar said.
Coleman has already been to the hospital twice this year for seizure-related maladies.
(Reporting by Bob Tourtellotte in Los Angeles, additional reporting by Christine Kearney in New York)
R.I.P. Gary Coleman
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former child star Gary Coleman, whose adult life was marked by financial and legal woes, has passed away said reports late Friday afternoon. The Huffington Post and TMZ were reporting that Coleman died around noon Friday from an intracranial hemorrhage.
Coleman was on life support early in a Utah hospital after suffering a brain hemorrhage, his manager said early Friday.
“We are saddened to announce that since mid afternoon, Mountain Time, on May 27, 2010, Mr. Coleman has been unconscious and on life support,” manager John Alcantar said in the statement released by the Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in Provo.
The diminutive Coleman, 42, who suffered from a congenital kidney disease that halted his growth, was hospitalized after suffering an intracranial hemorrhage Wednesday night at his home in Santaquin, Utah.
The following day he was “conscious and lucid” in the morning, but in the afternoon his condition worsened, he slipped into unconsciousness and was placed on life support.
No further details on his condition were immediately available. But he has not undergone any surgery, contrary to some media reports, and his family hope for a full recovery, the statement said.
Coleman gained fame as the sharp-talking, adopted son Arnold Jackson of a wealthy New Yorker in the hit sitcom ”Diff’rent Strokes,” which aired on U.S. television from 1978 to 1986. His famous line, “What you talkin’ ’bout Willis?” when talking to his brother, became a pop culture catchphrase.
The child actor also made guest appearances on several popular shows of the times, including “The Jeffersons,” “Good Times” and “Silver Spoons”
But Coleman was never able to recapture the stardom he enjoyed as a child and teenager. As an adult, he would appear on some TV shows, but much of his work went straight to video.
He sued his parents and former manager for mishandling his finances, and for a time, he worked as a security guard.
In 1998, he was charged with assault after hitting a woman who asked for his autograph in one of several instances of disorderly conduct that landed him in legal trouble. Just this past January, he was arrested on a charge of domestic violence in Utah.
“At times, it may not have been apparent, but he always has had fond memories of being an entertainer and appreciates his fans for all their support over the years,” Alcantar said.
Coleman has already been to the hospital twice this year for seizure-related maladies.
(Reporting by Bob Tourtellotte in Los Angeles, additional reporting by Christine Kearney in New York)
R.I.P. Gary Coleman
