I always felt bad for Gary Coleman. I think he was dealt a bad hand with the many health issues he faced, his family saw him as nothing but a source of income, and his erratic behavior shows that he had some pretty serious emotional demons to deal with.
It's sad that in the last half of his life, he was known more for being the punchline of a joke than for anything good. Some of that was the result of bad decisions on his part, some was just the result of the cruelty of people.
I remember many years ago, back when he was still famous, reading an interview in which that said that his health issues were so severe that he was not expected to live long past twenty.
I can only hope that he repented and received Christ before he died.
In related news, Dennis Hopper died today. I was always happy that he was able to turn his life around.