Editing Gary Coleman (section)

== Early life ==
Gary Wayne Coleman was born<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.scotsman.com/obituaries/Obituary-Gary-Coleman-actor.6329572.jp |title=Scotsman obituary |publisher=News.scotsman.com |date= May 31, 2010|access-date=August 11, 2010 |location=Edinburgh}}</ref> in [[Zion, Illinois]], on February 8, 1968. He was adopted by W. G. Coleman, a fork-lift operator, and Edmonia Sue, a [[nurse practitioner]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/21/Gary-Coleman.html |title=Gary Coleman Biography (1968–) |publisher=Filmreference.com |access-date=May 28, 2010}}</ref> Due to [[focal segmental glomerulosclerosis]], a [[kidney]] disease, and the [[corticosteroid]]s and other medications used to treat it, his growth was limited to {{cvt|4|ft|8|in|cm}},<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-may-29-la-me-gary-coleman-20100529-story.html |title=Gary Coleman dies at 42; child star of hit sitcom 'Diff'rent Strokes' |first=Dennis |last=McLellan |date=May 29, 2010 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=July 21, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=New Details in Gary Coleman's Death|website=abcactionnews.com|agency=Associated Press|url=http://www.abcactionnews.com/dpp/entertainment/new-details-in-gary-coleman's-death-revealed-in-911-call|url-status=dead|access-date=July 11, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100606183204/http://www.abcactionnews.com/dpp/entertainment/new-details-in-gary-coleman%27s-death-revealed-in-911-call|archive-date=June 6, 2010}}</ref> and his face kept a childlike appearance even into adulthood. He underwent two unsuccessful [[Kidney transplantation|kidney transplants]] in 1973 and again in 1984, and required [[Kidney dialysis|dialysis]].<ref name="thewrap2">Horowitz, Lisa. {{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/ind-column/gary-coleman-dead-42-17857|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100530053351/http://www.thewrap.com/ind-column/gary-coleman-dead-42-17857|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 30, 2010|title=Gary Coleman Dead at 42|date=May 28, 2010|work=[[The Wrap]]}}</ref>