For the past decade, the only way that Sue and Willie Coleman have followed their 42-year old son Gary Coleman’s life is through the media. This includes his marriage, his hospitalization, and even his recent death on Friday, after he was taken off life support.
And as reported by Samuel Goldsmith and Tina Moore at nydailynews.com, the “Diff’rent Strokes” star’s parents now want answers on how he died. “We’re not pointing fingers at anyone, but we need to know exactly what happened,” 67-year old Sue told people.com.
“We’re not angry. We’re just concerned. Did our son fall down the stairs? Did he fall in the bathtub?” the late actor’s mom continued on to say. Hospital spokeswoman Janet Frank, said there had been an accident in his home, which caused an intracranial hemorrhage.
In the meantime, other celebrities have been mourning the former child star. Former rap star Vanilla Ice told TMZ that he won’t miss Coleman’s memorial service. “He had such bad luck in life. I hope he’s in a better place,” Vanilla Ice – real name Robert Van Winkle – said.
Paula Abdul took to Twitter, and posted: “I am so sorry to hear the sad news. My heartfelt condolences go out to his entire family.” John Stamos also posted a note on the social networking site, that read: “Mamas, don’t let your babies grow up to be actors.”
