Even though he hadn’t spoken to them in years, Gary Coleman‘s parents are seeking custody of their son’s body.
His former manager, Victor Perillo, claims that Gary’s parents, Sue and Wille Coleman, are the legal custodians of his body because he was divorced from his wife, Shannon Price. They want to bury him in his hometown of Zion, Illinois.
His parents said they intended to reconcile with Gary before his death but learned about his hospitalization only from the media.
Perillo said:
“The arrangement we’re working on now is to get Gary back to his next of kin, which is his parents. The funeral home has been notified, the sheriff’s office, we’ve notified them that there is to be no communication on where the body is to go unless its dealt with legally with Gary’s next of kin, and that’s the way it stands right now.”
We hope that’s what Gary would have wanted.
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