Editing Gary Coleman (section)

=== Financial problems ===
In August 1999, Coleman filed for [[bankruptcy]] protection.<ref>{{cite news|date=September 6, 1999|title=Former Child Star Gary Coleman Files For Bankruptcy|work=[[Jet (magazine)|Jet]]|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_14_96/ai_55983426|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714014405/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_14_96/ai_55983426|archive-date=July 14, 2012}}</ref> He claimed that multiple people were responsible for his insolvency, "from me, to accountants, to my adoptive parents, to agents, to lawyers, and back to me again."<ref>{{cite news|date=August 18, 1999|title=Gary Coleman: Bankrupt|work=eonline.com|url=http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b38590_gary_coleman_bankrupt.html|access-date=July 13, 2010}}</ref> In 1995, Coleman lost $200,000 ($419,683.73 in 2025) on a failed [[Amusement arcade|arcade]] business he established called the Gary Coleman Game Parlor, which was located at [[Fisherman's Village]] in [[Marina del Rey, California]].<ref>{{cite news|date=September 6, 1999|title=Out of Pocket|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|url=https://people.com/archive/out-of-pocket-vol-52-no-9/|access-date=August 10, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=April 15, 2016|title=Gary Coleman|work=happeningsmagazine.com|url=https://people.com/archive/out-of-pocket-vol-52-no-9/|access-date=August 10, 2018}}</ref> Ongoing medical expenses contributed significantly to Coleman's chronic financial problems and sometimes compelled him to resort to eccenctric fundraising activities. In 1999 after filing for bankruptcy, he partnered with [[UGO Networks]] for an online auction titled "Save Me!". Items included his couch, a "tiny pimp suit" with matching gold Nikes and an autographed ice scraper. Items attracted more than $5,000 in bids.<ref>{{cite news|date=November 23, 1999|title=Short Orders|work=theguardian.com|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/1999/nov/24/tvandradio.television1|access-date=August 10, 2018}}</ref>