By Alicia Cruz
The Black Urban Times
Actor Gary Coleman, the child star of 1970s TV sitcom "Diff'rent Strokes," has died at the Utah Valley Regional Medical Center of an inter cranial hemorrhage. Coleman was admitted to the hospital Wednesday after falling in his Santaquin home.
Coleman was initially transported to Mountain View Hospital in Payson, Dennis Howard, Santaquin's director of public safety told FoxNews.com. He was later moved to the regional medical center in Provo for additional medical treatment.
Dr. Jennifer Majersik, a stroke specialist and assistant professor of neurology at the University of Utah, told the Associated Press that intra cranial hemorrhages can be broken vessels within the brain itself or next to it.
Majersik, who was not involved in Coleman's treatment and is unfamiliar with his case, said the most serious types involve a broken vessel inside the brain.
Hemorrhaging can also occur on the surface of the brain or in the protective layers between the brain and the skull, Majersik said.
Doctor's placed Coleman on life support after his condition worsened sometime Thursday. Coleman, who suffered ill health throughout his life due to kidney disease, had at least two kidney transplants and underwent dialysis on a regular basis.
Coleman is best known for his role as Arnold on "Diff'rent Strokes." He played the adopted son of a millionaire on the show which aired from 1978 to 1986.
Coleman moved to Utah in 2005 to star in the movie "Church Ball," a comedy based on basketball leagues formed by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It was on the set of that movie that he met wife Shannon Price. The two married in 2007.
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Actor Gary Coleman, the child star of 1970s TV sitcom "Diff'rent Strokes," has died at the Utah Valley Regional Medical Center of an inter cranial hemorrhage. Coleman was admitted to the hospital Wednesday after falling in his Santaquin home.
Coleman was initially transported to Mountain View Hospital in Payson, Dennis Howard, Santaquin's director of public safety told FoxNews.com. He was later moved to the regional medical center in Provo for additional medical treatment.
Dr. Jennifer Majersik, a stroke specialist and assistant professor of neurology at the University of Utah, told the Associated Press that intra cranial hemorrhages can be broken vessels within the brain itself or next to it.
Majersik, who was not involved in Coleman's treatment and is unfamiliar with his case, said the most serious types involve a broken vessel inside the brain.
Hemorrhaging can also occur on the surface of the brain or in the protective layers between the brain and the skull, Majersik said.
Doctor's placed Coleman on life support after his condition worsened sometime Thursday. Coleman, who suffered ill health throughout his life due to kidney disease, had at least two kidney transplants and underwent dialysis on a regular basis.
Coleman is best known for his role as Arnold on "Diff'rent Strokes." He played the adopted son of a millionaire on the show which aired from 1978 to 1986.
Coleman moved to Utah in 2005 to star in the movie "Church Ball," a comedy based on basketball leagues formed by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It was on the set of that movie that he met wife Shannon Price. The two married in 2007.
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