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Known for her role onDiff'rent Strokes, Plato died Saturday of anoverdose just days...

Gary • 2024
Known for her role on
Diff'rent Strokes, Plato died Saturday of an
overdose just days after
denying she used drugs

Full Transcript

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Known for her role on Diff'rent Strokes,
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Plato died Saturday of an overdose just days after denying she used drugs.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
01:01:42
Uploaded
Apr 02, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography
Production
RAW

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Movie Summary

Explores Gary Coleman's rise to fame as a child star, his struggles with living in the spotlight, financial troubles, depression, and the controversy surrounding his tragic death at age 42, providing insight into his private world.
It's a tough thing to be famous and be so young. - Gary 00:06
It's a tough thing to be famous and be so young.
So much fame, so much opportunity. - Gary 00:05
So much fame, so much opportunity.
Kids have power when they are in that position, and it's unreal. - Gary 00:08
Kids have power when they are in that position, and it'...
So you leave behind your power and suddenly you feel terrible, - Gary 00:11
So you leave behind your power and suddenly you feel terribl...
If someone had've told me that my life would have been like this - Gary 00:11
If someone had've told me that my life would have been ...
I'd say, "No, you know, I want to go and have a normal life - Gary 00:11
I'd say, "No, you know, I want to go and have a no...
The sad part is the people who took care of the money spent it. - Gary 00:05
The sad part is the people who took care of the money spent ...
Recently, I needed some cash, fast. - Gary 00:05
Recently, I needed some cash, fast.
GRAY: Gary needed work. He wasn't getting enough TV work to live on, - Gary 00:09
GRAY: Gary needed work. He wasn't getting enough TV wor...
If I'm working as a security guard - Gary 00:09
If I'm working as a security guard
One of his dream jobs as a little boy had been to be a cop. - Gary 00:07
One of his dream jobs as a little boy had been to be a cop.
So Gar was so ecstatic when he had finally become a security guard. - Gary 00:07
So Gar was so ecstatic when he had finally become a security...
Becoming a security guard was Gary's way of fulfilling that fantasy, - Gary 00:12
Becoming a security guard was Gary's way of fulfilling ...
GRAY: He was so proud. He was just crowing. - Gary 00:06
GRAY: He was so proud. He was just crowing.
And then being a security guard went wrong for him. - Gary 00:06
And then being a security guard went wrong for him.
The 4'7" Coleman now works as a security guard. - Gary 00:05
The 4'7" Coleman now works as a security guard.
He surrendered to police in Hawthorne, California, - Gary 00:08
He surrendered to police in Hawthorne, California,
GRAY: He was going to the security store to get a bulletproof vest - Gary 00:08
GRAY: He was going to the security store to get a bulletproo...
"Gary Coleman! Gary Coleman! Can I get an autograph?" - Gary 00:16
"Gary Coleman! Gary Coleman! Can I get an autograph?&qu...
"You know, this doesn't mean anything." - Gary 00:16
"You know, this doesn't mean anything."