Former child TV star Gary Coleman died Friday after doctors took him off life support.

The "Diff'rent Strokes" star reportedly slipped into a coma after suffering a brain hemorrhage at his Utah home Wednesday. He was 42.

According to published reports, an ambulance was called to Coleman’s home on Wednesday and he was admitted to a hospital in critical condition. He was said to be conscious most of Thursday but his condition worsened.

His wife and father-in-law on Thursday declined to give specifics about the nature of the former star’s illness but requested prayer.

Coleman had battled ill health from a kidney disease he suffered as a child and had had at least two kidney transplants and had ongoing dialysis.

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