Coleman did not want life support machine switched off

Gary Coleman did not want to be taken off life support if he was ever in that position, new documents have revealed.

Gary Coleman did not want to be taken off life support if he was ever in that position, new documents have revealed.

The ‘Diff’rent Strokes’ actor – who died last month when he fell into a coma and ex-wife Shannon Price decided to switch off the machine keeping him alive – signed a paper in 2006 stating he wanted his life prolonged as long as possible, according to documents obtained by website TMZ.

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