11+ View Pictures of Gary Coleman

11+ View Pictures of Gary Coleman. Mr coleman was taken to hospital on . Former diff'rent strokes star gary coleman has died, aged 42, after suffering a brain haemorrhage. As an infant he was adopted by w.g. Coleman became a star after diff'rent strokes debuted in 1978. Actor gary coleman may have lived a life of strange and often sad twists, but in death his legacy seems to have taken even stranger turns.