Gary coleman why did he die

Coleman gained stardom as the sharp-talking Arnold Jackson, adopted son of a wealthy New Yorker, in the hit sitcom that aired on U. But when the show was taken off the air, Coleman saw his Hollywood star fade, and he found himself suffering through financial, legal and domestic problems. Gary Coleman has passed away as of p. The diminutive Coleman, who suffered from a congenital kidney disease that halted his growth, was hospitalized Wednesday night after suffering an intracranial hemorrhage at his home in Santaquin, Utah.

Media reports said he had fallen and hit his head. On Thursday, 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 at the Utah Valley Regional Medical Center.

The adult Coleman also had a few encounters with the law that put his face back in the news, including allegedly punching an aggressive and much-larger female autograph hunter in the late s, for which he was fined and ordered to take anger-management classes.

In February, he accepted a plea deal in Utah on domestic violence charges stemming from an incident the previous year between him and his wife, Shannon Price. He was among candidates in the election, a colorful field that included L. Coleman, an independent who later appeared on CNN to say he was endorsing fellow actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, received 12, votes, placing eighth in the race that saw Schwarzenegger elected.

It would be nice if the world thought of me as something more. Moody Blues drummer and co-founder Graeme Edge dies at Sylvere Lotringer, intellectual who infused U. All Sections. About Us. B2B Publishing. Business Visionaries. Hot Property. Times Events. Times Store. Howard said the state medical examiner's conclusions brought the police investigation to a close. He added the findings matched the evidence police found at Coleman's Santaquin home.

Since the actor's death, there has been a legal dispute between his ex-wife and ex-girlfriend, who have both claimed control of his estate. Ex-wife Shannan Price petitioned the Utah courts to recognise her common-law relationship with Coleman from the date of their divorce in until his death. But the star's former girlfriend, Anna Gray, claimed a will awarded her the estate.