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Former child television star Gary Coleman is in critical condition near his Utah home with what his family calls a “serious medical problem.”
Utah Valley Regional Medical Center spokeswoman Janet Frank said Coleman, 42, was admitted to the Provo facility on Wednesday but she couldn’t release any other details.
Coleman lives in Santaquin, which is 55 miles south of Salt Lake City.
The actor is best known for his stint on TV’s “Diff’rent Strokes,” which aired from 1978 to 1986.
In February, Coleman suffered a seizure on the set of “The Insider.”
Coleman’s Utah attorney, Randy Kester, said he had communicated by text message with Coleman’s wife, Shannon Price, and that the family did not want to release any additional details at this time.
“Anything they could say would be premature because they don’t know the full extent of his condition right now,” Kester told The Associated Press.
Price and her father released a statement Thursday to KUTV-TV saying Coleman was taken to the hospital with “a serious medical problem.” The statement asks for prayers, adding “we hope those prayers are answered and that Gary will be able to recover and return home soon.”
Coleman has lived in Utah since 2005, when he came here to star in the movie “Church Ball,” a comedy based on basketball leagues formed by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He met Price on the movie set and married her in 2007.
Coleman has had a string of financial and legal problems, in addition to continuing ill health from the kidney disease he suffered as a child. Coleman has had at least two kidney transplants and has ongoing dialysis.
Last fall, Coleman had heart surgery that was complicated by pneumonia, Kester said.
In February, Coleman pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor criminal mischief charge related to an April 2009 domestic violence incident at his home. Recent health issues have caused several follow-up hearings in Coleman’s case to be delayed, Kester said.
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What did he have, a SHORTNESS of breath?
Dude, the guy is in critical condition. Not a time to joke around.
You have zero class “what a stroke” .
Please refrain from exposing yourself as a complete tardvaark .
Please refrain from using the word “tardvaark” and please resume your job search.
I think he feels like he might have gotten the short end of the stick.
What a stroke you are such a low life. Not only does your joke suck but it reeks of 3rd grade mentality.
Maybe when your on deaths bed we can all get together and make a funny at your pathetic little life of cracking on the ill.
Such a great target when going for humor.
I hope he has a quick recovery, Being 32 years old,”Arnold” was the first actor I ever couldn’t wait to see after school!
That being said, sometimes humor gets us through tough times so here goes, I guess the opening song now has a dual meaning! Diff’rent Strokes it takes, Diff’rent Strokes it takes, Diff’rent Strokes through the world!
what a stroke- such a comment for a child to find humor in!! did mommy help you with the spelling? since you’re clearly experiencing a SHORTNESS of intelligence, ill fill you in- “critical condition” indicates a moment of severe weakness and is considered serious and could require long term care and medical interventions. please distinguish this from your cartoon characters who get right back up from falling off a cliff….silly waaaabit.
Adios Gary…
Gary If any of your family or yourself are reading, my prayers are with you tonight. I hope you sleep well, and get strong enough to get back on your feet and return home real soon! And all the other posters are too busy bashing one A’hole and forgetting about you completely. How selfish of all of them. Stroke got all and Gary nearly none. Please People ignore people like him. He got what he wanted. Most posts were right on. thanx
Greenbird – yeah, because that’s what Gary Coleman and his family in Utah are doing… Reading some comment section in a crappy liberal south Florida online newspaper . What an idiot… Go back to your fantasy world and get a life, moron.
And Gary… If you are reading this, don’t let it get you down… Stand tall because life is too short. Heh heh…
What a stroke-I think it’s pretty obvious to say that you are a real classless jackass to make a lame-o joke like that at a serious time like this.Do us all a great public service by not sharing your idiocy and utter stupidity with the rest of us.
Get well soon my brotha!!
MY PRAYERS GOES OUT TO GARY AND HIS FAMILY.. HANG IN THERE AND BE BLESS..
Keep the humor to live stand-up… wow! …that kind of remark here on this comment board just might get your face stomped on by a steel-toed shoe!
Its very sad what happened to Gary. As they say…if you have your
health you have everything. I hope he pulls out of this and recovers
quickly.
Reports have it, He died today
ALL THAT REPLIES TO THIS COLUMN WITH A JOKE TRULY HAS NO CLASS NOR DEMEANOR FOR ANYONE. HERE IS A MAN THAT IS VERY ILL AND ALL YOUR JOKES ARE PATHETIC.
MR. COLEMAN HOPE YOU RECOVER FROM WHATEVER AILEMENT THAT YOU HAVE AND KEEP THE SMILES ON ALL OUR FACES
GOD BLESS AND WE PRAY FOR YOU TO GET BETTER.
A FAN FOR MANY YEARS