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Gary Wayne Coleman was born [1] in Zion, Illinois, on February 8, 1968.He was adopted by W. G. Coleman, a fork-lift operator, and Edmonia Sue, a nurse practitioner. [2] Due to focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, a kidney disease, and the corticosteroids and other medications used to treat it, his growth was limited to 4 ft 8 in (142 cm), [3] [4] and his face kept a childlike appearance even ...
Diff'rent Strokes is an American television sitcom, which aired on NBC from November 3, 1978, to May 4, 1985, and on ABC from September 27, 1985, to March 7, 1986. [2] The series stars Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges as Arnold and Willis Jackson, respectively, who are two boys from Harlem taken in by a wealthy Park Avenue businessman and his daughter.
Todd Bridges is opening up about the last conversation he had with the late Gary Coleman. Following the release of the documentary about Coleman’s life and 2010 death , called GARY , Bridges ...
The cast of Diff'rent Strokes with guest star Nancy Reagan on set in 1983. When Plato made a brief appearance on The Gong Show, she was spotted by a producer who helped cast her as Kimberly Drummond, the older sister of adopted brothers Arnold and Willis Jackson, on the NBC/ABC sitcom Diff'rent Strokes. The series debuted in 1978 and became an ...
At age two, Coleman was diagnosed with a congenital kidney disease. “That was devastating,” his father Willie Coleman said in Gary. The drugs needed to keep him alive would permanently stunt ...
The ups and downs of Gary Coleman’s life are being examined in the new documentary, GARY.. Diving deeper into the child actor’s success on Diff’rent Strokes and, ultimately, his titular Gary ...
Shavar Ross is an American actor, film director, screenwriter, film producer, editor, photographer, author, online retail entrepreneur, and spiritual mentor and teacher.He is known for his recurring television role as Dudley Johnson, Arnold Jackson's (Gary Coleman's) best friend in the NBC sitcom Diff'rent Strokes, Weasel in the ABC sitcom Family Matters, and as "Reggie the Reckless" in the ...
Gary Coleman died Friday after suffering an intercranial hemorrhage. He was 42. The actor, famous for playing Arnold Jackson on the popular 1980s sitcom Diff'rent Strokes, was a patient at the ...