EXCLUSIVE: Gary Coleman's Ex-Wife Fights For Ashes, Says She'll Be Scarred For Life
Posted on Jun 11, 2010 @ 06:10AM
Shannon Price might have made the decision to fight for control of Gary Coleman’s estate, but according to her lawyer, if she doesn’t win the court battle, it could “strip her of every shred of dignity” and have a "potentially devastating" effect on her life.
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RadarOnline.com has obtained a strongly worded letter filed as part of Price’s petition to be appointed as the special administrator of the former child actor's estate.
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The documents, filed in 4th District Court in Provo, Utah, said even though Coleman and Price were divorced in 2008, she is still his common law wife and that she should be the one to make funeral arrangements.
As RadarOnline.com first revealed, funeral arrangements have been delayed because the mortuary holding Coleman's body isn’t prepared to side with Price or Dion Mial, who also claims to be executor of Coleman’s estate.
“The issue of the disposition of the body of the deceased is a matter of the utmost urgency,” wrote Price’s attorney Mitchell D. Maughan.
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“The outcome of the decision as to who should ultimately make these decisions and the method and means of disposition, including transactions with the mortuary, could have a potentially devastating effect on Price.”
Price plans to scatter the tragic star's ashes on "some train tracks" to mark the actor's passion for railways.
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Said Maughan: “Price is the common law wife of the deceased and the issue of dealing with the mortuary and the disposition of the body is a sensitive matter, generating a kaleidoscope of emotions.
“To strip Price’s ability to make these decision and to deprive her from acting for and on behalf of her deceased spouse, at least until a hearing is scheduled, would be a manifest injustice and it could strip her of every shred of dignity that she possesses, resulting in permanent and irreparable damage manifested by the attendant mental and emotional distress and subsequent scarring for life.”
Price referred to Coleman as her husband, despite their divorce, when she called 911 on May 26, saying the actor had fallen and was bleeding severely from the back of his head.
Coleman died May 28 after suffering a brain hemorrhage.
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Jun 10, 2010 @ 10:30
who cares about her life she took Garys
Posted Sat, 06/12/2010 - 1:41pm
It's all about her. When he was bleeding she couldn't help him because she'd throw up, couldn't drive him to ER because she'd have a seizure. Now if she doesnt' get ashes she'll lose dignity and be scarred for life. What about Gary?
Posted Fri, 06/11/2010 - 5:38pm
Oh PUH-LEASE! "potentially devastating" effect to her ego is a better choice of words.
Posted Fri, 06/11/2010 - 4:50pm
so she brings out a will 2 weeks after Gary died...why didn't she bring it out on day 1???
Posted Fri, 06/11/2010 - 11:50am
Totally agree, especially since she supposedly gave the executor money to hire a lawyer to fight Gary's parents. She could have brought out the will, used that money to pay for funeral. But she was too busy giving interviews.
Posted Fri, 06/11/2010 - 5:41pm
"potentially devastating" effect on her life. ohhhhhhh pulleze she got 10,000 so shut the hell up shannon
Posted Fri, 06/11/2010 - 11:16am
if it has such a devastating effect, might I suggest that you go kill yourself then Shannon??? It would do the world a favor.
Posted Fri, 06/11/2010 - 10:15am
could have a potentially devastating effect on Price??? Her in his life seems to have had a devastating effect on poor Gary!!!
Posted Fri, 06/11/2010 - 10:00am
she pused him down the stairs....and planned all along to get everything....it would devestat her not get her way..and strip her of her dignity to have to live like the white trash she is.
Posted Fri, 06/11/2010 - 8:03am
Shut up Shannon. You've been exposed for the fraud you are. How dare you continue to cause as much pain in Gary's life even after he's passed on. The only reason you want his ashes is you'd probably start selling off baggies of it.
Posted Fri, 06/11/2010 - 7:40am