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Gary Coleman’s ex-wife reveals details of actor’s final days

Gary Coleman’s ex-wife receives polygraph test results over questions surrounding his death
  • Shannon Price, the ex-wife of late actor Gary Coleman, asserts in a new docuseries that she had "no choice" but to remove him from life support in 2010.
  • Coleman died at 42 following a fall and intracranial haemorrhage, with a 2024 documentary labelling his death as "suspicious".
  • Price made the decision to withdraw life support after two days, despite Coleman's living will requesting he be kept alive for 15 days.
  • In a new docuseries Lie Detector: Truth or Deception, Price is told that her denial of physically causing Coleman to fall was flagged during a polygraph test as "failed, with deception indicated".
  • Doctors were reportedly unaware Price and Coleman had secretly divorced, though Price possessed a document designating her as the decision-maker for his advanced medical care.
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