Gary Coleman was the best-paid child actor of the 1970s and 1980s. This was because of the TV show “Different Strokes,” which made him a star. Bob Hope and Lucille Ball, two of the most famous comedians of all time, said that he was the next big thing in comedy. But Gary Coleman’s early success was overshadowed by his death and the years of decline that came before it.
Let’s look into Gary Coleman Death.
How Did Gary Coleman Rise to Fame?
Coleman got his big break in 1978 when he was cast as Arnold Jackson on the TV show Different Strokes. He was only 10 years old at the time. Coleman and another young actor, Todd Bridges, played Black orphans who lived with a rich white man in the show.
Coleman’s famous catchphrase, “Whatcha talkin’ ’bout, Willis?” came from this place. He was praised right away for his timing in comedy and his uncanny ability to steal the show.
The show was very popular, and Coleman made a shocking $100,000 per episode. During its run, it also gave Coleman other changes, such as parts in the movies On the Right Track in 1981 and The Kid with the Broken Halo in 1982.
With his career on the rise, he started Gary Coleman Productions when he was only 10 years old to help him manage it. His adoptive parents worked full-time as his managers. This also meant that his parents got paid regularly for their roles in his business.
Coleman’s career slowed down after Diff’rent Strokes ended in 1986, so he had to take money out of his trust fund, which should have been big given how much he made on the show. At the time, he was almost 18 and got a nasty surprise.
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Gary Coleman Death: The Long Decline That Preceded It
Gary Coleman’s problems didn’t end when he lost his parents, though. He seemed to have problems his whole life. He moved to Utah in 2005, and in the first five years, he lived there, more than 20 calls to the police were about him.
Coleman is said to have tried to kill himself at least once more during this time by taking too many Oxycontin pills. People said that Coleman also got into fights with his wife, Shannon Price, and a fan who said Coleman beat him up at a bowling alley in 2008.
And the year 2010 would be a bad one for Coleman. He had two seizures earlier in the year as he was getting better from heart surgery. One of these seizures happened on the set of The Insider, which is an interview show.
Coleman fell down the stairs in his Utah home on May 26, 2010. He hit his head and lost consciousness.
Price found him and called 911 to say that there was blood “everywhere.” Coleman had cut open the back of his head, but he woke up for a short time. When police showed up on May 26, he was able to talk to them. He told them he couldn’t remember what happened.
Coleman could walk from the house to the garage, where a gurney was waiting, with some help. He spent the night at the hospital, but later the next day, things got worse.
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— kiki (@lizziemcguiree8) April 3, 2023
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— nostalgia (@iinttirb) April 3, 2023
Coleman was said to be awake and thinking clearly on May 27, so it seemed like he might have been able to get better. In the afternoon, his condition got worse, and he fell into a coma.
Gary Coleman’s life support was turned off on May 28, and he died soon after. Even Coleman’s death was a source of debate. Due to his troubled relationship with Price—even though they were divorced, she still spent a lot of time at his house—some tabloids said right away that her decision to turn off life support was the same as killing him.
And Price didn’t do much to stop these rumors when she said that she and Coleman had been living together as husband and wife, even though they were divorced, and that she should get his estate. People says that Coleman’s will said that he didn’t want anyone who had a financial interest in him to come to his funeral. But the fight over his property was so bad that he didn’t even get a funeral.
In Gary Coleman’s obituary in The New York Times, written just before he died, he talked about how hard his life had been after he became a child star.
“I would not give my first 15 years to my worst enemy,” Coleman. “And I don’t even have a worst enemy.”
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