(May 2000) Gary announced that he is going to run for the US Senate against present California Senator Diane Feinstein on the HECK (Homelessness, Education, Crime, and Killers) platform.

Had his first kidney transplant in 1973. His second in 1984.

Discovered by a talent scout for Norman Lear who signed him for a part in a TV revival of “The Little Rascals,” which never got produced.

He sued his parents over misappropriation of his trust fund. At the peak of his career, he made $70K per episode, a total of around $18 million in earnings! Coleman’s parents set up a trust fund for his money, yet structured the arrangement to name themselves as paid employees of Coleman’s production company. When the court finally dissolved the trust, the parents’ share was worth $770,000, while Coleman himself had only $220,000. Coleman then successfully sued his parents and managers for $3.8 million.

(2 November 2000) Appearing on tv court in front of Judge Mills Lane, Gary was ordered to pay bus driver Tracy Fields $1665 for hospital bills resulting from a fight stemming from an attempt to get an autograph in a Hawthorne, California mall. Gary said he felt threatened by her insistence and punched her in the head.

Has twice attempted suicide with sleeping pills, a fact he revealed on “Geraldo” in 1993.
source:tv