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Actor Gary Coleman,who shot to fame in the 1970s as the child star of TV sitcom ‘Diff’rent Strokes’,has died from a brain haemorrhage. He was 42.
Coleman was taken to a hospital in Provo,Utah,earlier this week after he suffered a fall at his nearby home.
According to the hospital staff,Coleman’s wife,Shannon,26,decided to switch off his life-support machine after doctors said he was unlikely to regain consciousness,reported The Independent online.
Coleman was briefly the best-paid actor in television,after he was cast in ‘Diff’rent Strokes’ at the age of 10. He played Arnold Jackson,a working-class child who was adopted by a wealthy socialite,and was famed for his catchphrase “Whatchoo talkin’ ’bout?”
At the height of its success,his salary was USD 64,000 a week. But he lost almost all of his USD 18m fortune in a legal battle with his parents.
Shawn Price,Coleman’s brother-in-law,has said his family are “very grateful” for the support they have received from the public.
Reading out a statement from Shannon,Price said,”thousands of e-mails have poured into the hospital”.
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