In Memoriam : Actor Gary Coleman dies at 42

Gary Coleman, a former child star who rose to fame as the wisecracking youngster Arnold Jackson on the TV sitcom “Diff’rent Strokes”, has passed away. He was 42.

Passing details for Gary Coleman

Coleman died of a brain hemorrhage at a Provo, Utah hospital, Friday afternoon, according to a hospital spokeswoman, reports CNN.

The actor fell ill at his Santaquin, Utah, home Wednesday evening and was rushed by ambulance to a hospital, Coleman’s spokesman had said in a statement earlier Friday.

He was then taken to another hospital, Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in Provo, where he passed away.

Acting career

In the late ’70s and early ’80s, Coleman was one of television’s biggest stars, the wise personality around on NBC’s “Diff’rent Strokes”, the story of two inner-city children who are taken in by a wealthy businessman, his daughter and their housekeeper.