EXCLUSIVE: Gary Coleman's Ashes Remain At Attorney's Office, Ex-Wife Claims
Posted on Mar 10, 2011 @ 06:30AM - 4 comments
It's been almost a year since Diff'rent Strokes star Gary Coleman passed away and as the bitter feud over his estate continues, his ashes still remain in an attorney's office, a rep for ex-wife Shannon Price tells RadarOnline.com exclusively.
EXCLUSIVE: Gary Coleman's Ex-Wife Continues Legal Fight With His Family
Posted on Aug 25, 2010 @ 07:45AM - 13 comments
Gary Coleman’s ex-wife Shannon Price continues her fight against his parents and his former manager Anna Gray who are objecting Price’s claim to a common law marriage with the late Diff'rent Strokes star.
In legal documents obtained by RadarOnline.com, Price’s lawyers say the Colemans and Gray have no basis for their filings and ask for the court to throw them out.
EXCLUSIVE: Gary Coleman's Parents Fight His Ex's Claims To His Estate
Posted on Aug 05, 2010 @ 07:10AM - 7 comments
The battle over Gary Coleman’s estate continues and his parents are taking the next step to ensure that their son’s assets and interests are kept out of the hands of his ex-wife Shannon Price. In exclusive documents obtained by RadarOnline.com, Willie and Edmonia Coleman are asking that the court dismiss Shannon’s request to recognize her union to Gary as a common law marriage.
Inside Gary Coleman's Memorial
Posted on Jul 12, 2010 @ 05:43PM - 2 comments
Inside Gary Coleman's Memorial
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO INTERVIEW: Family Of Gary Coleman's Ex-Wife Wants To To Take His Ashes On Whistlestop Train Tour
Posted on Jul 07, 2010 @ 06:42AM - 10 comments
Gary Coleman's former in-laws want to take the Diff'rent Strokes star on one last train ride, RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively.
The 42-year-old actor, who died of a brain hemorrhage, had a life-long love of locomotives and was an avid collector of model trains -- even filling his basement with the collectibles.
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His ex-wife's father, Dale Price, told RadarOnline.com that when all the legal issues surrounding Coleman's estate are resolved, the family would like to have their own private and deeply personal tribute to the former child star.
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO INTERVIEW: Gary Coleman's Ex-Wife: 'I'm Not A Gold Digger'
Posted on Jun 29, 2010 @ 09:00PM - 33 comments
She’s sold interviews about her life with Gary Coleman and posed for photographs with him while he was on his deathbed.
But Shannon Price, ex-wife of the actor, wants the world to know that she was not with the Diff’rent Strokes star for his money.
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“I’m not a gold digger,” Price told RadarOnline.com in an exclusive video interview “I never took advantage of Gary’s money,” adding that she always asked his permission before she bought anything.
“I had that much respect for him because I knew the extent of how many people took advantage of him.”
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Price said she married Gary for love, not money, and claims she didn’t even recognize Coleman when they first met!
“When I met Gary, I never knew who he was, never even knew his name,” she revealed. “I kept calling him ‘Shorty’ for awhile because I forgot.”
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Price says that Gary moved to Utah because he “found real love,” and she was his only romantic relationship and called her, “The one,” in an interview six months after their marriage.
Since Gary’s death at age 42 on May 28th, Shannon has been slammed in the media for allegedly selling deathbed photos of her ex-husband and for her bizarrely unemotional reaction to his sudden passing. But she says she’s grieving in her own way.
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“Everyone says I’m not emotional, but I am, I have a different way of feeling and grieving than other people and I just don’t like to do it in front of people,” Shannon told RadarOnline.com. “But I do grieve in my own way.”
The couple’s relationship had been rocky over the years, with a string of domestic violence arrests, including one against Price in July 2009 and Coleman in January 2010. The union ending in a secret divorce in 2008, but Price says their marriage was not as toxic as it seemed.
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“Every couple gets in arguments, if you didn’t it would be very unhealthy. It would be a dream if couples didn’t argue,” she told RadarOnline.com.
“Gary and I didn’t think clearly with some of the decisions we had made and we did let our emotions get the best of us sometimes,” she admitted. “But our love for each other kept us going no matter what. We were always still by each other’s side at the end of the day.”
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Despite it all, Shannon says that Gary will always be the love of her life.
“I just want the world to know that I will never be able to find anyone like Gary. He really was my life, he’s what made me tick, he’s what made my heart beat, he’s what made my world go round. And I’ll never forget that.”
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EXCLUSIVE VIDEO INTERVIEW: Gary Coleman's Ex-Wife Reveals Loving Text Messages The Star Sent Her - Read Them Here
Posted on Jun 28, 2010 @ 01:10PM - 39 comments
Gary Coleman’s ex-wife Shannon Price has released private text messages she claims the Diff’rent Strokes star sent her before he died, in a bid to prove he didn’t want a restraining order against her.
RadarOnline.com first broke the story that Coleman sought the protection order against Price, 24, in a Utah court back in February, because she was trespassing in his home while he was hospitalized following a heart surgery.
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Coleman, who died on May 28, asked the court to forcibly remove Price.
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO INTERVIEW: Gary Coleman Forced To Pick Between Two Women Now Fighting For His Estate
Posted on Jun 24, 2010 @ 10:45AM - 8 comments
Diff’rent Strokes star Gary Coleman was forced to choose between his ex-girlfriend and Shannon Price, RadarOnline.com has learned.
Randy Kester, the star’s long-time attorney, told RadarOnline.com the actor faced the dilemma after the two women collided.
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“Anna’s a lady who worked with Gary for about eight years from about ’97 or 98 to about 2005 or 2006,” he said.
“She actually worked with him as his manager. I think, quite frankly, she became a confidante of Gary’s. He would tell her things that he didn’t share with a lot of other people.
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The couple became more than just friends, but when Coleman met Price things changed drastically.
Said Kester, “My understanding from my discussion with Anna is that she and Gary had a romantic relationship -- that they were very close to one another, close enough that they lived together for those 2 or 3 months until it fell apart.”
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“Shannon came on the picture and that just didn’t mix well and Anna didn’t want any part of it,” he added.
“She indicated to me she felt uncomfortable making Gary uncomfortable because Shannon was making Gary make a choice, make a decision and Anna just respectfully said "I don’t want to do this to you, Gary. I’ll always be your friend, but I’m going to move on.’"
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Gray was named executor of a will signed in 2005 ‹ a will that Kester thinks will be determined as Coleman’s valid will.
Price has a handwritten codicil from 2007.
Coleman had told Gray that he put her in his will, but she had never seen it until he died.
“Anna was surprised when she found out that Gary had named her as the executor and as a partial beneficiary in that will,” Kester said.
“When she first found out about it she was emotionally overwhelmed. I think it struck her right in her heart and she had a hard time reacting to it.
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“I really truly believe that the 2005 will that Gary signed appointing Anna as the executor and a partial beneficiary giving his railroads to other people, I think that will is going to prevail.
“I think Shannon is going to have a really hard time of proving her case of common law marriage.”
Although the couple divorced in 2008, Coleman and Price were living together and they were planning to re-marry.
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Gary Coleman's Beloved Train Collection Sold; Former Agent Accuses Ex-Wife
Posted on Jun 23, 2010 @ 12:08PM - 30 comments
Gary Coleman's beloved train collection is being sold off -- even though a court has frozen the Diff'rent Strokes star's affairs.
A Utah man has revealed he spent $11,000 on some of the late actor's collection in the days after his death, on May 28.
And Coleman's agent, Robert Malcolm, has accused Coleman's ex-wife Shannon Price of being behind the sale.
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Robert Malcolm told RadarOnline.com: “People have told me that she (Shannon Price) is already selling Gary’s personal items."
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But Austin, who rang into a Utah radio station, insisted he did not deal with Price.
"I dealt with a neighbor... I guess one of Gary’s really good friends," he said, adding to the intrigue.
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"After Gary passed he just sold everything which I thought was weird.
“I gave him (neighbor) the money, I never saw Shannon, I never dealt with Shannon and I never met Shannon."
The train heist follows reports Price profited from the sale of a shocking deathbed photo of Coleman during his last hours - an image that sparked outrage throughout the world.
She also reportedly entered the home the couple shared in Santaquin, Utah, and took some of Coleman’s belongings.
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But when quizzed about whether she was behind the sale of the train collection, Price's agent told us: “Nothing at all has been sold. It’s a total rumor."
The Diff’rent Strokes star had a passion for locomotives; his entire basement was filled with model trains and his cabinets were sorted by train parts.
RadarOnline.com first reported that one of the executor’s of Coleman's will is the owner of Allied Model Trains, Nick Barone.
And in a will presented by Gary’s ex-manager and ex-girlfriend Anna Gray, his train collection is to be bequeathed to several model train stores including: Allied Model Trains, The Original Whistle Stop, The Train Shack and Model Railroad Emporium.
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Malcolm also told RadarOnline.com: “In his will, he stipulated his train collection should go to certain people -- and this would be hurtful to Gary.”
Price, who claims she was Coleman's common law wife, has a handwritten codicil dated September 4, 2007 that leaves his entire estate to her.
But Gary’s ex-girlfriend and business manager, Anna Gray, presented her own 2005 will that leaves her as the sole beneficiary.
A judge is yet to decide which will is valid.
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Price's attorney Todd Bradford said if any of the late actor's possessions had been sold during this state of flux, it would be a matter for the court-appointed special administrator.
"If (Rob Jeffs) feels that some asset or assets have been disposed of, sold or destroyed, he would have the responsibility to locate that item or items and get them back," said Bradford.
"Or if they’ve been sold, get the proceeds from the sale and hold on to them.”
But Bradford added he also didn't know anything about the alleged sale.
EXCLUSIVE: Man Named in Gary Coleman Will - Train Collector
Posted on Jun 18, 2010 @ 06:25AM - 3 comments
Among Gary Coleman’s most prized possessions were his model trains.
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And now RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively that he named a train collector in his will. Nick Barone, who owns Allied Model Trains, was named in two wills prepared by the Diff’rent Strokes star.
