Gary Coleman
Gary Wayne Coleman (February 8, 1968 – May 28, 2010) was an American actor and comedian. Coleman was the highest-paid child actor on television throughout the late 1970s and 1980s. He was rated first on a list of VH1's "100 Greatest Kid Stars".
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| Full name at birth | Gary Wayne Coleman
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| Claim to fame | his role as Arnold Jackson in the NBC sitcom Diff'rent Strokes
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| Date of birth | 8 February 1968
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| Place of birth | Zion, Illinois, USA
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| Date of death | 28 May 2010
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| Age | 42 (age at death)
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| Place of death | Utah Valley Regional Medical Center, Provo, Utah, USA
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| Cause of death | Brain Hemorrhage
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| Resting place | Cremated
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| Occupation | Actor, comedian, writer
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| Height | 4' 8" (142 cm)
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| Weight | 135 lbs (61 kg)
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| Net worth | $75,000 USD
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- 2007: Being portrayed as a character in the new Broadway musical "Avenue Q". The role is being played by on Broadway actress/singer Haneefah Wood and in London's West End by actor/singer Giles Terera.
- 2005: Ranked #10 in E's cutest child stars all grown-up.
- Appearing on TV court in front of Mills Lane, Gary was ordered to pay bus driver Tracy Fields $1665 for hospital bills resulting from a fight stemming from an attempt to get an autograph in a Hawthorne, California mall. Gary said he felt threatened by her insistence and punched her in the head. [2 November 2000]
- Had his first kidney transplant in 1973. His second in 1984.
- Ranked #1 in VH1's list of the "100 Greatest Kid Stars"
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