Author Topic: Gary Coleman is dead (Read 1873 times)

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.

Mandark · « **Reply #1 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.

Ichirou · « **Reply #2 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.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #3 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.

Ichirou · « **Reply #4 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.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #5 on:** May 28, 2010, 03:17:33 AM »

A few turned out good like Jodie Foster and Leonardo DiCaprio but yea, you're right

Raban · « **Reply #6 on:** May 28, 2010, 03:22:00 AM »

Quote from: 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.

This is bad news, but if Gary Cole died I'd probably go on a homicidal rampage.

Reb · « **Reply #7 on:** May 28, 2010, 03:28:43 AM »

I thought this was about Gary Oldman.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #8 on:** May 28, 2010, 03:29:40 AM »

gary cole...ohhh the doctor dude from Kim Possible

Raban · « **Reply #9 on:** May 28, 2010, 03:46:45 AM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on May 28, 2010, 03:29:40 AM

gary cole...ohhh the doctor dude from Kim Possible

You mean Harvey Birdman from Harvey Birdman: Attorney At Law

Ichirou · « **Reply #10 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!

Hitler Stole My Potato · « **Reply #11 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.

Brehvolution · « **Reply #12 on:** May 28, 2010, 09:42:10 AM »

Quote from: Borys on May 28, 2010, 03:41:42 AM

[IMG]http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/4931/garycolemanpostal2.jpg[img]

:'( (soon) R.I.P. :'(

Diunx · « **Reply #13 on:** May 28, 2010, 10:07:07 AM »

To no one tears.

ManaByte · « **Reply #14 on:** May 28, 2010, 01:52:15 PM »

He's on life support now.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #15 on:** May 28, 2010, 02:19:52 PM »

wow that sucks $:-\$

Barry Egan · « **Reply #16 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.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #17 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

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #18 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.

Robo · « **Reply #19 on:** May 28, 2010, 03:21:19 PM »

Tragic.

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #20 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"

M3wThr33 · « **Reply #21 on:** May 28, 2010, 03:38:42 PM »

He's now four feet under...

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #22 on:** May 28, 2010, 03:44:03 PM »

Quote from: Genghis Cohen on May 28, 2010, 03:21:11 PM

I've said it before and i'll say it again...

...man, I love being a turtle.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #23 on:** May 28, 2010, 03:49:58 PM »

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #24 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.

ManaByte · « **Reply #25 on:** May 28, 2010, 04:16:35 PM »

Quote from: Methodis the Incorrigible! 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.

Or better yet, why not you?

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #26 on:** May 28, 2010, 04:22:13 PM »

yea he should totally jump in front of a truck on I-80

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #27 on:** May 28, 2010, 04:28:53 PM »

Unlike the executives I have never screwed over a person blatantly.

chronovore · « **Reply #28 on:** May 28, 2010, 07:07:09 PM »

Yeah, that's pretty lame.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #29 on:** May 28, 2010, 07:20:17 PM »

Quote from: BrandNew on May 28, 2010, 03:44:03 PM

Quote from: Genghis Cohen on May 28, 2010, 03:21:11 PM
I've said it before and i'll say it again...

(Image removed from quote.)

...man, I love being a turtle.

OMG

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #30 on:** May 28, 2010, 08:05:14 PM »

Quote from: Father_Mike on May 28, 2010, 07:20:17 PM

Quote from: BrandNew on May 28, 2010, 03:44:03 PM
Quote from: Genghis Cohen on May 28, 2010, 03:21:11 PM
I've said it before and i'll say it again...

(Image removed from quote.)

...man, I love being a turtle.

OMG

I say if you can't laugh about black people dying, what can you laugh about?

pilonv1 · « **Reply #31 on:** May 28, 2010, 08:27:21 PM »

Ichirou · « **Reply #32 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....

Bocsius · « **Reply #33 on:** May 28, 2010, 10:57:03 PM »

Here's an idea.

Limit Methodis' posting privileges to the Dysfunctional Hall of Fame.

brawndolicious · « **Reply #34 on:** May 29, 2010, 12:35:08 AM »

He was in poor health but did he have heart problems?

Kestastrophe · « **Reply #35 on:** May 29, 2010, 12:51:11 AM »

Ichirou · « **Reply #36 on:** May 29, 2010, 12:51:44 AM »

He fell and hit his head, nintenho. That's probably what triggered the hemorrhage.

Himu · « **Reply #37 on:** May 29, 2010, 12:52:33 AM »

Really sad

Diunx · « **Reply #38 on:** May 29, 2010, 02:06:59 AM »

Quote from: dcharlie on May 28, 2010, 11:49:14 PM

brain hemorrhage ... i am curious, Different to strokes?

I think its a different kind of stroke.

Fresh Prince · « **Reply #39 on:** May 29, 2010, 02:15:29 AM »

All the child actors on Different Strokes were fucked up.

ManaByte · « **Reply #40 on:** May 29, 2010, 02:12:54 PM »

lennedsay · « **Reply #41 on:** May 29, 2010, 04:53:08 PM »

Awwww man...

:'(

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