Former child star Coleman dies of brain haemorrhage

GARY Coleman, the child star of the smash 1970s TV sitcom Diff’rent Strokes died yesterday at the age of 42 after suffering a brain haemorrhage.

Utah Valley Regional Medical Center spokeswoman Janet Frank said the actor’s life support machine was switched off and he died at 18.05 GMT.

Coleman became a star after Diff’rent Strokes debuted in 1978. He played younger brother Arnold Jackson in a pair of African-American siblings adopted by a wealthy white man.