Coleman wife: 'Gary would have died'

Gary Coleman's ex-wife Shannon Price has said that she removed the actor's life support because he was already "gone".

Price told TMZ that Coleman's injuries were too extensive to be corrected by an operation and that he would have been in a vegetative state if he survived the procedure.

"He would've bled to death during the surgery," she said.

"Even if they did take a chunk out of his brain, he would not be the same. He'd basically be like Muhammad Ali."

Price added that she had the best intentions when removing Coleman's life support and was fully aware of the consequences.

"I don't want people to be so hard on me thinking I had to pull the plug too early. He wouldn't have made it anyway. His heart would've just given out.

"I don't want people to sit there and think I'm a bitch, and that I didn't care about him."