Gary Coleman hospitalized in Utah, condition critical

The 42-year-old actor, who is best known for his stint on TV's "Diff'rent Strokes," had a seizure on Jan. 6 following which he was taken to a hospital for treatment. Then he had suffered another seizure on the set of "The Insider" in the following month, again leading to his hospitalization.

Gary in critical condition
A spokeswoman for Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in Provo confirmed to People the Diff'rent Strokes’ star is admitted in the facility and is currently listed in critical condition.

"I can confirm Mr. Coleman is a patient here at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center," hospital spokeswoman Janet Frank tells People. "He's listed in critical condition. He was admitted Wednesday. We are not confirming what department he's in or any further details."

Janet declined to release any other details.

A report by Los Angeles television station KTLA claims Coleman was reportedly transported to the hospital for emergency surgery after he suffered a head injury during a fall.

Family declined to release details about his condition
Coleman was reportedly transported to the hospital with what his family calls a "serious medical problem," reports The Associated Press.

Coleman's Utah attorney, Randy Kester, told the publication he had communicated by text message with the tiny actor's wife, Shannon Price, and that the family did not want to release any additional details about his condition at this time.

"Anything they could say would be premature because they don't know the full extent of his condition right now," Kester told the AP.

Head injury is suspected
However, a report by Los Angeles television station KTLA claims Coleman was reportedly transported to the hospital for emergency surgery after he suffered a head injury during a fall.

Also, People.com is reporting that Coleman's brother-in-law told TMZ.com that the actor suffered a head injury after a fall.

About the tiny star
Born on Feb. 08, 1968 in Zion, Illinois, Gary Coleman is an African-American actor who is best known for his role as adopted child Arnold Jackson in the American sitcom Diff'rent Strokes (1978–1986).

He also appeared in the films “The Kid With the Broken Halo” and “The Kid with the 2000 I.Q.,” among others, and had his own Saturday-morning cartoon show “The Gary Coleman Show (1983),” in which he provided his own voice.

Gary suffers from a congenital kidney disease causing nephritis (an autoimmune destruction of the kidney), which halted his growth at an early age. He never grew taller than 4'8" due to the congenital kidney condition. The actor has had two kidney transplants, the first in 1973, and the second in 1984.

Coleman married Shannon Price in a secret ceremony in 2007, after five months of dating.