Gary Coleman's parents seek custody of his remains
Updated: 6/03/2010 12:56 pm | Published: 6/03/2010 12:51 pm
By BROCK VERGAKIS
Associated Press Writer
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The parents of former child TV star Gary Coleman are seeking custody of his body and want it returned to the star's boyhood home in Illinois.
Coleman died in Utah from a brain hemorrhage Friday at age 42.
Coleman's former manager and family spokesman Victor Perillo said Thursday Coleman's parents are the legal custodians of his body because he was divorced from wife Shannon Price in 2008. It was Price who ordered that Coleman be taken off of life support.
Utah Valley Regional Medical Center spokeswoman Janet Frank says Price was named in an advanced health care directive that allowed her to make health care decisions for Coleman when he couldn't make them for himself.
It's unclear whether Price and Coleman ever remarried after their divorce.
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