Gary Coleman, R.I.P.

[Colonel Green]

While I am not typically one to show a lot of sympathy for celebs, Coleman's was a very sad story.

 

[23skidoo]

Very sad news, if not totally unexpected as he's battled health problems for years.

This will sound weird, but while I of course remember him from Diff'rent Strokes, and also for his "stunt casting" on Buck Rogers around the same time, I also got a kick out of his involvement in, of all things, the ultra-violent Postal 2 video game. I was disappointed he decided not to do the movie. I thought it was fun to see him send himself up like that.

RIP

Alex

 

[Amaris]

Rest in peace, Gary.

 

[RJDiogenes]

What a shame. The poor guy had a hard life and now has died far too young; I wish he could have found more peace and happiness in life.

RIP, Gary.

 

[EnsignRicky]

Oh no, not The Cosmic Wiz Kid.

Seriously though, very sad. I always liked the little guy and felt bad over the years, seeing some of the crappy curves life would periodically throw at him.

And the world gets little bit smaller.

 

[Trekker4747]

He had a hard, short, life.

Ok, that was tastless and I'm sorry .

 

[MeanJoePhaser]

^That was a little tacky.

Another 80's icon dead. World I grewed up in is gone.

Who'd a thunk Todd Bridges would be the last surviving kid? And wasn't Dixie Carter on DIfferent Strokes in later episodes?

 

[JiNX-01]

That's such a shame. I always liked Diff'rent Strokes... I agree that he had sad life. He's in a better place, now.

 

[Jetfire]

1st Dana Plato and now Gary...

 

[Dusty Ayres]

RIP! may you find the peace you could not get in life!

Same thing I was going to say, except as a quote from a Star Trek Voyager episode where Tuvok said something similar whilst musing over the dead body of Lon Suder. I guess I can say it now:

'May you find the peace in death that you could not find in life.'-Tuvok, circa 2371 (That first icon was added because I couldn't believe that he died, the second is for my having to deal with it.)

 

[Tulin]

I wonder if the Footy Show will stop doing the "Gary Coleman Award" now for people who do dummy spits? It is based on the time GC stormed out of a studio.

I hope not and it would be out of character for them to stop it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EET7JIxGZDY

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

This is a shame. Life, and as mentioned, his own parents, gave him the rough end all too often.

I wonder about the Diff'rent Strokes curse every time I see a story about one of the 3 "kids", but I figure for the most part, they brought a lot of trouble on themselves.

 

[Tulin]

Well, we can be sure there is no curse because, well, there's no such thing as a curse.

It's more a case of, "Is it really a shock when Hollywood child actors do fucked up shit"?

It's been that way for almost a hundred years.

 

[darkshadow0001]

That's a shame. I was always more of a Webster guy though.

Wow, I thought I was the only one to remember Webster Yeah, there has been a lot of death lately, kind of depressing.

 

[pookha]

may he go to a far better place then what he knew here.

 

[PlainSimpleJoel]

R.I.P. Gary.

 

[Capn Flukie]

RIP Mr. Coleman.

 

[Angela 0077]

I heard about this on my daughters facebook.



i grew up watching Different Strokes it was quite a good series.

He was not that old and to die like this is really sad.

 

[doubleohfive]

Sad day. Rest in peace, Gary.

 

[John Picard]

This is a shame. Life, and as mentioned, his own parents, gave him the rough end all too often.

I wonder about the Diff'rent Strokes curse every time I see a story about one of the 3 "kids", but I figure for the most part, they brought a lot of trouble on themselves.

Diff'rent Strokes curse?