Attorney: Gary Coleman and Wife Divorced in 2008
Revelation raises questions about wife's authority to terminate life support
Wed, Jun 2, 2010
Former child TV actor Gary Coleman and his wife were divorced in 2008, an attorney for the late "Diff'rent Strokes" star said Wednesday, the same day a tape of a 911 call was released that detailed her call for help.
Randy Kester told The Associated Press that
Coleman and Shannon Price divorced in August 2008 and Coleman never told him the two had remarried.
"Gary shared a lot of things with me," Kester said. "That's probably something he would have told me."
Coleman died Friday at the age of 42 after suffering a brain hemorrhage.
He was taken off life support, but it's not clear who made that decision.
Kester said he does not know.
"Now issues are being raised about whether or not Shannon had authority to terminate the life support," he said.
A spokeswoman with Utah Valley Regional Medical Center told AP she cannot release any additional information about Coleman's death.
Utah divorce decree documents list only a John Doe and Jane Doe as parties, but the last page lists Price's name and address, saying a copy of the decree was mailed to her. The decree is dated Aug. 12, 2008. The couple wed in August 2007 after meeting on the set of the 2006 comedy "Church Ball."
Kester said he is not aware of a will for Coleman and that the two discussed the need to meet and work on one as recently as four or five weeks ago.
A message left for a representative for Shannon Price was not immediately returned Wednesday.
http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/enter...-2008-95470974.html?__source=Newsletter-Daily
Full article has details about what happened that put him in the hospital also ... appeared to be an accident ... or was it something else ... ??