# Actor Gary Coleman dead at 42 \[edited title\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 28, 2010, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-gary-coleman-dead-at-42-edited-title/541092 "2010-05-28T17:37:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abby_Emma_Sasha)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-gary-coleman-dead-at-42-edited-title/541092/1 "2010-05-28T17:37:05Z")
Didn’t see this posted yet, apologies if it has been. [http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2010/05/28/2010-05-28\_gary\_coleman\_former\_child\_star\_of\_diffrent\_strokes\_in\_a\_coma\_on\_life\_support.html](http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2010/05/28/2010-05-28_gary_coleman_former_child_star_of_diffrent_strokes_in_a_coma_on_life_support.html) I know the guy has had his problems over the years, some of his own making, but this is pretty sad. I hope he survives and turns his life around. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-gary-coleman-dead-at-42-edited-title/541092/2 "2010-05-28T17:47:34Z")
Poor guy. He stopped being funny as a punchline a long time ago. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-gary-coleman-dead-at-42-edited-title/541092/3 "2010-05-28T18:25:49Z")
Poor Coleman. He has had multiple health issues I wouldn’t wish on anyone, and I’m surprised he has lived as long as he has. He has my sympathies, and I hope he is able to make some kind of recovery. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-gary-coleman-dead-at-42-edited-title/541092/4 "2010-05-28T18:41:54Z")
I know some people who know him. They say he is a really good guy, and shrugs off all the mocking he gets. I hope he recovers. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-gary-coleman-dead-at-42-edited-title/541092/5 "2010-05-28T18:48:52Z")
Died. RIP, little dude. ---
**Author:** ![Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abby_Emma_Sasha)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-gary-coleman-dead-at-42-edited-title/541092/6 "2010-05-28T18:51:44Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > Died. RIP, little dude. Yeah, CNN is reporting he’s dead, nothing online yet. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-gary-coleman-dead-at-42-edited-title/541092/7 "2010-05-28T18:52:24Z")
TMZ and The Superficial both have the story up. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-gary-coleman-dead-at-42-edited-title/541092/8 "2010-05-28T18:52:30Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > Died. RIP, little dude. Yeah, just heard that a couple of minutes ago on the radio. Rest well, Gary. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-gary-coleman-dead-at-42-edited-title/541092/9 "2010-05-28T18:53:56Z")
> [@Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](#): > > Yeah, CNN is reporting he’s dead, nothing online yet. Wow. That’s making me sadder than I thought it would. And I’m not usually one to engage in really irresponsible rumor-mongering, but we have a guy who’s been in trouble with the law for domestic violence before, and now he got injured in the head when he ‘fell.’ Seems funny to me. RIP. Sounds like it was a painful life. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-gary-coleman-dead-at-42-edited-title/541092/10 "2010-05-28T18:54:55Z")
RIP, Gary. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-gary-coleman-dead-at-42-edited-title/541092/11 "2010-05-28T18:56:52Z")
RIP, Gary. It’s really unfair how much mockery he was the subject of, when he just couldn’t sustain an acting career anymore. Plenty of child actors never make an adult career out of it. At least he didn’t end up as a drug addict or a suicide. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-gary-coleman-dead-at-42-edited-title/541092/12 "2010-05-28T18:57:46Z")
Well, “Avenue Q” is screwed. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-gary-coleman-dead-at-42-edited-title/541092/13 "2010-05-28T18:59:42Z")
Sad news. When I was younger, I loved him in the TV movie “The Kid with the Broken Halo” where he played an angel living in a locker at Grand Central Station. Anyone else remember that? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-gary-coleman-dead-at-42-edited-title/541092/14 "2010-05-28T19:00:41Z")
Whatyoutalkingabout, **Alice the Goon**? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-gary-coleman-dead-at-42-edited-title/541092/15 "2010-05-28T19:01:02Z")
[Seems this is pretty well confirmed.](http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/28/obit.gary.coleman/index.html) I’ve edited the thread title, which was originally “Actor Gary Coleman in coma; on life support.” ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-gary-coleman-dead-at-42-edited-title/541092/16 "2010-05-28T19:04:06Z")
Well, it looks like Todd Bridges is the only one of the Different Strokes kids still alive. Sad. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-gary-coleman-dead-at-42-edited-title/541092/17 "2010-05-28T19:05:29Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > Well, it looks like Todd Bridges is the only one of the Different Strokes kids still alive. > Sad. And surprising. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-gary-coleman-dead-at-42-edited-title/541092/18 "2010-05-28T19:09:55Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > Well, it looks like Todd Bridges is the only one of the Different Strokes kids still alive. > Sad. That’s like Brian being the only one of the Wilson brothers still alive. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-gary-coleman-dead-at-42-edited-title/541092/19 "2010-05-28T19:10:21Z")
Too bad he didn’t get to enjoy his adult life. I recall when he first got his break by doing commercial for Harris Bank in Chicago ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-gary-coleman-dead-at-42-edited-title/541092/20 "2010-05-28T19:24:17Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > Well, it looks like Todd Bridges is the only one of the Different Strokes kids still alive. > Sad. Well, of the original three. Danny Cooksey’s still alive. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-gary-coleman-dead-at-42-edited-title/541092.md?page=2)