Gary Coleman, Medical Miracle

by Bill Davidson

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0698110935
• ISBN13: 9780698110939
• Release Date: January 1981
• Publisher: Coward McCann
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A Thespian Miracle, Too

As its title suggests, this book focuses mainly on Coleman's battle against nephritis - the kidney condition behind his diminutive stature. I bought it more in hopes of finding some biographical detail, as mysteriously little is written about Coleman these days. The book's first chapter delivered the goods with a satisfyingly detailed biography going up to the early years on "Diff'rent Strokes." Avid fans are advised to seek out the 1996 edition (published only in Wales, where Coleman's popularity is undiminished). This much more recent work details his bitter legal squabbles with his parents, as well as his brief stint on the TV series "227." Rumors that lean times forced him to moonlight as an Oompa Loompa in a Wonka-themed amusement park outside of Manchester are curtly dismissed.