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"Gary Coleman&amp;#039;s former manager has spoken of his shock at NBC&amp;#039;s refusal to mark the first anniversary of the actor&amp;#039;s death.  Coleman, who suffered a fatal brain haemorrhage following a fall at his home on May 28 last year, starred in the network&amp;#039;s ratings-winning sitcom Diff&amp;#039;rent Strokes between 1978 and 1986.  Speaking to WENN, Coleman&amp;#039;s colleague Vic Perillo blasted NBC bosses for rejecting his requests to air a special tribute week in memory of the 42-year-old.  Perillo stated: &amp;quot;Gary was exclusive to NBC... He kept NBC in the top ten shows during the 1980s. The late President of Entertainment Brandon Tartikoff personally heralded Gary as responsible for keeping the network in the top ten. &amp;quot;Network producers and chief executive officers at NBC have responded with, &amp;#039;We don&amp;#039;t have time. We don&amp;#039;t want to set a precedent&amp;#039;, and &amp;#039;We are not interested&amp;#039;. &amp;quot;I have asked that a simple ten-second picture flashed on the screen of the Today show be shown with an inscription, &amp;#039;In memoriam to one of NBC&amp;#039;s Family&amp;#039;... They could care less.&amp;quot; Coleman was cremated at a private ceremony in Utah last June. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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