EXCLUSIVE: Gary Coleman's Body -- No Second Autopsy
Posted on Jun 15, 2010 @ 07:00AM
Gary Coleman's body could be cremated as soon as Wednesday, June 16 in a move that will prevent a second autopsy, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned.
In a major blow to skeptics who disbelieve ex-wife Shannon Price's version of events about what happened leading up to the TV star's sudden death, Coleman's body is set to be cremated at the Utah mortuary where his body has laid for two weeks.
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“Shannon is relieved that the cremation can go forward and is happy for Gary that he will get his wishes, the one he made clear in all of his wills,” her attorney, Todd Bradford, told RadarOnline.com.
The Salt Lake City medical examiner's office has examined Coleman's body and determined the former Diff’rent Strokes star died from a "fall" that happened by "accident."
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However skeptics, including Coleman's former managers Victor Perillo and Dion Mial, have questioned whether foul play could have been involved.
Mial told RadarOnline.com, "I wholeheartedly believe there was foul play here."
Coleman's friend indicated he was considering an independent investigation, before he was ousted as executor of the estate.
When contacted about their claims, Price’s representative, Sheila Erickson, said the ex-wife would not be opposed to more tests, but said they were unnecessary.
“There’s already been an autopsy and there was no foul play,” Erickson told RadarOnline.com.
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“If there was foul play why would Gary send his wife the most beautiful text messages after he fell, why would he call her and tell her how much he loved her, why would he tell the doctors if there were any problems, to contact, ‘My wife Shannon.’
“It kind of contradicts itself.”
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Any decision to order a second autopsy rests with an independent attorney appointed to inventory Coleman's estate and oversee the cremation of his remains.
A judge Monday put the independent referee in place until a legal dispute between Coleman's ex-wife and his ex-girlfriend and manger is settled.
Price and Coleman's former girlfriend and manager, Anna Gray, both believe they are entitled to be Coleman's estate administrators.
The judge delayed Coleman's cremation so Gray could fly to Utah from Portland, Oregon, and view the former child actor's body before cremation.
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Jun 14, 2010 @ 08:45
A second autopsy would've cleared up alot but for some reason the hospital, police and Shannon didn't want an independent autopsy done on Garys body. What are they hiding?
Posted Thu, 07/08/2010 - 2:52am
Gary's wife is finally speaking out. Her spokesperson will be on the show "Issues" tonight--on Headline news Channel. I can't imagine what her response to all this is going to be. She says he did not want to be humiliated, but then the photos?
Posted Thu, 06/17/2010 - 3:09pm
Will Price scatter his ashes on the train tracks??
Posted Tue, 06/15/2010 - 2:13pm
The "Diff'rent Strokes" star's living will required the actor to be kept alive unless he was in an irreversible coma for 15 days, CNN reports.
Posted Tue, 06/15/2010 - 1:33pm
ordered doctors to disconnect the actor's life support only one day after he fell into a coma... nydailynews.com
Posted Tue, 06/15/2010 - 1:34pm
"why would he send her beautiful text messages?" He was completely out of it. You can hear him on the 911 call he didn't have a clue where he was or what had happened to him. She probably used his phone and sent them to herself.
Posted Tue, 06/15/2010 - 12:44pm
Let the little guy go..If the ex-wife wants to scatter her ashes at the choo choo train tracks site,so be it..
Posted Tue, 06/15/2010 - 11:15am
For someone NOT wanting a bunch of press and stuff when he died, oh my! Poor guy, let him rest in peace, if Shannon did something, karma will get her!
Posted Tue, 06/15/2010 - 10:20am
they all should be ashamed. this guy has had such a hard life and even in death, the poor guy cant get a break. this is such shameful
Posted Tue, 06/15/2010 - 8:18am