Actor Gary Coleman died 28 May 2010 after suffering an intracranial hemorrhage (he fell on Wednesday, and then fell into a coma on Thursday). Born 8 February 1968 in Zion, Illinois, his 4’8″ height was his trademark. He was best known for playing the wise-cracking Arnold Jackson on the sitcom Diff’rent Strokes (1978-86), and he won four People’s Choice Awards (1980-83) for the role.
He made his acting debut in 1974, in an episode of Medical Center, and was cast by Norman Lear for an unproduced 1978 television revival of The Little Rascals.
While on Diff’rent Strokes, Coleman appeared as the cryogenically frozen and revived Hieronymous Fox on two episodes of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. His other genre roles include: An American Carol (2008), A Carol Christmas (2003), Night of the Living Doo (2001), Homeboys in Outer Space (1997), Like Father, Like Santa (1988), Amazing Stories (1985), and The Kid with the Broken Halo (1982).