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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: Ichirou on May 28, 2010, 03:00:11 AM

Title: Gary Coleman is dead
Post by: Ichirou on May 28, 2010, 03:00:11 AM
In before Borys posts "Who?"

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(CNN) -- Actor Gary Coleman is in critical condition in a Provo, Utah, hospital, a hospital spokeswoman said Thursday.

Janet Frank, the spokeswoman for Utah Valley Regional Medical Center, confirmed that Coleman, 42, was being treated there after being admitted on Wednesday.

Frank would not release any other information.

Calls to Coleman's publicist were not immediately returned.

Coleman is best known as the wisecracking youngster Arnold Drummond on TV's "Diff'rent Strokes" from the late 1970s to the mid-1980s.

The former child actor was hospitalized briefly three months ago after suffering a seizure while being interviewed on a TV show in Los Angeles, California.

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/27/gary.coleman.hospitalized/index.html

Coleman has had plenty of health problems throughout the years...I believe he even has a colostomy bag for some reason.

Hope he makes it through.  He's definitely one of my favorite '80s TV personalities.

Title: Re: Gary Coleman in critical condition
Post by: Mandark on May 28, 2010, 03:03:11 AM
I keep seeing this on news aggregators, reading it as Gary Cole, getting worried, then feeling relieved when I realize it's Coleman.
Title: Re: Gary Coleman in critical condition
Post by: Ichirou on May 28, 2010, 03:03:41 AM
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Coleman was born in Zion, Illinois. He was adopted by Edmonia Sue, a nurse practitioner, and W.G. Coleman, a fork-lift operator.[1] He suffers from a congenital kidney disease caused by focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (an autoimmune destruction and alteration of the kidney), which halted his growth at an early age, leading to a small stature (4 ft 8 in; 1.42 m). He has undergone two kidney transplants, one in 1973 and one in 1984, and requires daily dialysis.

Daily dialysis, that's pretty fucked.
Title: Re: Gary Coleman in critical condition
Post by: Phoenix Dark on May 28, 2010, 03:07:06 AM
Another child star fucked up by his parents. Not just financially either, because to be fair he got like a million from a court case yet blew it in a few years.
Title: Re: Gary Coleman in critical condition
Post by: Ichirou on May 28, 2010, 03:15:23 AM
Child stars are fucked from the moment they become "child stars."  You can't expect anyone to grow up normal when their life is lived under the media microscope.
Title: Re: Gary Coleman in critical condition
Post by: Phoenix Dark on May 28, 2010, 03:17:33 AM
A few turned out good like Jodie Foster and Leonardo DiCaprio but yea, you're right
Title: Re: Gary Coleman in critical condition
Post by: Raban on May 28, 2010, 03:22:00 AM
I keep seeing this on news aggregators, reading it as Gary Cole, getting worried, then feeling relieved when I realize it's Coleman.

This is bad news, but if Gary Cole died I'd probably go on a homicidal rampage.
Title: Re: Gary Coleman in critical condition
Post by: Reb on May 28, 2010, 03:28:43 AM
I thought this was about Gary Oldman.
Title: Re: Gary Coleman in critical condition
Post by: Phoenix Dark on May 28, 2010, 03:29:40 AM
gary cole...ohhh the doctor dude from Kim Possible
Title: Re: Gary Coleman in critical condition
Post by: Raban on May 28, 2010, 03:46:45 AM
gary cole...ohhh the doctor dude from Kim Possible

You mean Harvey Birdman from Harvey Birdman: Attorney At Law
Title: Re: Gary Coleman in critical condition
Post by: Ichirou on May 28, 2010, 04:46:05 AM
Gary Cole was amazing in American Gothic, Office Space, The Brady Bunch movies...he rocks.


...hey, wait, this is supposed to be a thread about Gary Coleman!
Title: Re: Gary Coleman in critical condition
Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on May 28, 2010, 08:43:40 AM
Can't say I was ever a fan, but I got to feel for the guy or anyone for that matter that has to go through daily dialysis.  That's a pretty shitty hand that's been delt.
Title: Re: Gary Coleman in critical condition
Post by: Brehvolution on May 28, 2010, 09:42:10 AM
[IMG]http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/4931/garycolemanpostal2.jpg[img]

:'( (soon) R.I.P. :'(
:rofl
Title: Re: Gary Coleman in critical condition
Post by: Diunx on May 28, 2010, 10:07:07 AM
To no one tears.
Title: Re: Gary Coleman in critical condition
Post by: ManaByte on May 28, 2010, 01:52:15 PM
He's on life support now.
Title: Re: Gary Coleman in critical condition
Post by: Phoenix Dark on May 28, 2010, 02:19:52 PM
wow that sucks  :-\
Title: Re: Gary Coleman in critical condition
Post by: Barry Egan on May 28, 2010, 03:10:05 PM
Posting this because I'm a huge asshole to commemorate the departed.

[youtube=560,345] ixiMFvlymyA[/youtube]

This guy was obviously in a lot of pain.  Also thanks to The Insider for providing an Official Behavior Interpreter to help me process the scary black mans outburst.         
Title: Re: Gary Coleman in critical condition
Post by: Phoenix Dark on May 28, 2010, 03:16:55 PM
Dude got completely fucked over by his parents. While he became quite the asshole in later years a lot of that has to do with the anger and sadness over just how badly his life was ruined before he could have a say in it. RIP
Title: Re: Gary Coleman in critical condition
Post by: Stoney Mason on May 28, 2010, 03:18:19 PM
RIP.

I always felt sorry for the dude. His parents stole and wasted most of the money he made when he was a kid.
Title: Re: Gary Coleman in critical condition
Post by: Robo on May 28, 2010, 03:21:19 PM
Tragic.  :(
Title: Re: Gary Coleman in critical condition
Post by: Dickie Dee on May 28, 2010, 03:33:22 PM
Shitty, I'd be lying if I didn't chuckle when he'd make the news. He had pretty good reason to be angry, must've been hard when he'd rage and people would just find it funny/cute and think "aww, it thinks it's people"
Title: Re: Gary Coleman in critical condition
Post by: M3wThr33 on May 28, 2010, 03:38:42 PM
He's now four feet under...
Title: Re: Gary Coleman in critical condition
Post by: TakingBackSunday on May 28, 2010, 03:44:03 PM
I've said it before and i'll say it again...

(http://tippingglass.com/images/tmnt.jpg)

...man, I love being a turtle.
Title: Re: Gary Coleman in critical condition
Post by: Phoenix Dark on May 28, 2010, 03:49:58 PM
 :lol :lol :lol
Title: Re: Gary Coleman in critical condition
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on May 28, 2010, 03:55:42 PM
NO NOT GARY.

Why does the good lord have to take a good man like Gary and not trash like J Allard and whoever else is in charge of Microsoft Xbox division right now.
Title: Re: Gary Coleman in critical condition
Post by: ManaByte on May 28, 2010, 04:16:35 PM
NO NOT GARY.

Why does the good lord have to take a good man like Gary and not trash like J Allard and whoever else is in charge of Microsoft Xbox division right now.

Or better yet, why not you?
Title: Re: Gary Coleman in critical condition
Post by: Phoenix Dark on May 28, 2010, 04:22:13 PM
yea he should totally jump in front of a truck on I-80
Title: Re: Gary Coleman in critical condition
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on May 28, 2010, 04:28:53 PM
Unlike the executives I have never screwed over a person blatantly. :smug
Title: Re: Gary Coleman in critical condition
Post by: chronovore on May 28, 2010, 07:07:09 PM
Yeah, that's pretty lame.
Title: Re: Gary Coleman in critical condition
Post by: Madrun Badrun on May 28, 2010, 07:20:17 PM
I've said it before and i'll say it again...

(http://tippingglass.com/images/tmnt.jpg)

...man, I love being a turtle.

OMG
:lol :lol :lol
Title: Re: Gary Coleman in critical condition
Post by: Joe Molotov on May 28, 2010, 08:05:14 PM
I've said it before and i'll say it again...

(http://tippingglass.com/images/tmnt.jpg)

...man, I love being a turtle.

OMG
:lol :lol :lol

I say if you can't laugh about black people dying, what can you laugh about? :lol
Title: Re: Gary Coleman is dead
Post by: pilonv1 on May 28, 2010, 08:27:21 PM
sad :(
Title: Re: Gary Coleman is dead
Post by: Ichirou on May 28, 2010, 08:28:59 PM
Not gonna lie, Gary Coleman was how I mentally pictured Himuro looking, so this is kind of shocking in more ways that one....
Title: Re: Gary Coleman is dead
Post by: Bocsius on May 28, 2010, 10:57:03 PM
Here's an idea.

Limit Methodis' posting privileges to the Dysfunctional Hall of Fame.
Title: Re: Gary Coleman is dead
Post by: brawndolicious on May 29, 2010, 12:35:08 AM
He was in poor health but did he have heart problems?
Title: Re: Gary Coleman is dead
Post by: Kestastrophe on May 29, 2010, 12:51:11 AM
(http://i50.tinypic.com/6t1v2h.jpg)

 :lol
Title: Re: Gary Coleman is dead
Post by: Ichirou on May 29, 2010, 12:51:44 AM
He fell and hit his head, nintenho.  That's probably what triggered the hemorrhage.
Title: Re: Gary Coleman is dead
Post by: Himu on May 29, 2010, 12:52:33 AM
Really sad :(
Title: Re: Gary Coleman is dead
Post by: Diunx on May 29, 2010, 02:06:59 AM
brain hemorrhage ... i am curious, Different to strokes?

I think its a different kind of stroke.
Title: Re: Gary Coleman is dead
Post by: Fresh Prince on May 29, 2010, 02:15:29 AM
All the child actors on Different Strokes were fucked up.
Title: Re: Gary Coleman is dead
Post by: ManaByte on May 29, 2010, 02:12:54 PM
(http://furiousfanboys.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gary-coleman-and-yoda.jpg)
Title: Re: Gary Coleman is dead
Post by: lennedsay on May 29, 2010, 04:53:08 PM
Awwww man... :lol  :'(