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Friday, 28 May 2010
STORY:US Coleman- REPLAY Former child actor Gary Coleman dies after suffering brain haemorrhage
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1. Various of Gary Coleman on US television sitcom "Diff'rent Strokes" and clips from the show
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FILE: New York, 26 February 2008
2. STILL of Coleman appearing on the NBC "Today" programme
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3. STILL of Coleman walking into police headquarters after being booked for punching a female fan
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FILE: Santa Maria, California, 28 February 2005
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Gary Coleman, actor and radio personality:
"These are people in a court process that need to have their time and their day and their due justice, whatever that justice may be, without our input, without our interruptions, without our interruption on that. And, the less of us, and the less of them that are here, the more likely the process is going to be fair for them in there."
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5. Coleman wearing tuxedo
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6. Coleman in grey suit shaking hands with someone
STORYLINE:
Gary Coleman, the pint-sized child star of the popular 1970s TV sitcom "Diff'rent Strokes" died on Friday after suffering a brain haemorrhage at the age of 42.
Life support was terminated and Coleman died at 12:05 p.m. local time (18:05 GMT) with family and friends at his side, a Utah Valley Regional Medical Centre spokeswoman said.
Coleman, with his sparkling eyes and perfect comic timing, became a star after "Diff'rent Strokes" debuted in 1978.
He played Arnold Jackson, the younger one of a pair of African-American brothers adopted by a wealthy white man.
The series lives on thanks to DVDs and YouTube, but its equally enduring legacy became the troubles in adulthood of its former child stars.
Dana Plato, who played the boys' white, teenage sister, committed suicide in 1999.
Todd Bridges, who played the older brother Willis, was tried and acquitted of attempted murder.
Coleman's popularity faded when the show ended after six seasons on NBC and two on ABC.
He remained estranged from his parents, Sue and Willie Coleman, who said they learned about his hospitalisation and death from media reports.
Sue Coleman said she wanted to reconcile and had been patiently waiting for her son to be ready.
In 1989, when Gary Coleman was 21, his mother filed a court request trying to gain control of her son's six (m) million US dollar fortune, saying he was incapable of handling his affairs.
He said the move "obviously stems from her frustration at not being able to control my life."
Coleman chafed at his permanent association with "Diff'rent Strokes" but also tried to capitalise on it through minor reality shows and other TV appearances.
His adult life also was marked with legal, financial and health troubles, suicide attempts and even a 2003 run for California governor.
Coleman suffered continuing ill health from the kidney disease that stunted his growth. He suffered the brain haemorrhage on Wednesday at his Santaquin home, 55 miles (88 kilometres) south of Salt Lake City.
A statement from his family said he was conscious and lucid until midday on Thursday, when his condition worsened and he slipped into unconsciousness. Coleman was then placed on life support.
Coleman was born on February 8, 1968, in Zion, Illinois, near Chicago.
His mother told Ebony his kidney disease was diagnosed when he was two years old. He underwent his first transplant at age 5.
He attracted attention when he took part in some local fashion shows and people suggested he should get work performing in commercials, which he then did, she said.
She stayed with her son in California while he was making "Diff'rent Strokes," with her husband Willis, a pharmaceutical company worker, staying behind in Illinois.
"Diff'rent Strokes" debuted on NBC in 1978 and drew most of its laughs from the tiny, 10-year-old Coleman.
Race and class relations became topics on the show as much as the typical trials of growing up.
Coleman was an immediate star, and his sceptical "Whatchu talkin' 'bout?" - usually aimed at Willis - became a catchphrase.
The attention his starring role brought him could be a burden as well as a pleasure.
Coleman said in 2001 that he would do a TV series again, but "only under the absolute condition that it be an ensemble cast and that everybody gets a chance to shine."
Coleman's kidney disease required dialysis and at least two transplants. As an adult, his height reached only 4 feet 8 inches (1.46 metres).
He continued to get credits for TV guest shots and other small roles over the years, but in 2001 he said he preferred earning money from celebrity endorsements.
Coleman was among 135 candidates who ran in California's bizarre 2003 recall election to replace then-Governor Gray Davis, whom voters ousted in favour of Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Coleman finished in eighth place with 12,488 votes, or 0.2 percent, just behind Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt.
Legal disputes dogged him repeatedly, and in a 1993 television interview, he said he had twice tried to kill himself by overdosing on pills.
He moved to Utah in fall 2005, and according to a tally in early 2010, officers were called to assist or intervene with Coleman more than 20 times in the following years.
The responses included a call where Coleman said he had taken dozens of Oxycontin pills and wanted to die.
Some of the disputes involved his wife, Shannon Price, whom he met on the set of the 2006 comedy "Church Ball" and married in 2007.
In September 2008, a dustup with a fan at a Utah bowling alley led Coleman to plead no contest to disorderly conduct.
The fan also sued him, claiming the actor punched him and ran into him with his truck.
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