( CNN ) -- Funeral plans for Gary Coleman are `` pending '' more than a week after his death , but his parents have dropped their bid to have the actor 's body returned to Chicago for burial , the man named as executor of his estate said Saturday . Coleman 's ex-wife Shannon Price had previously announced a weekend service for Coleman , who died over a week ago after a fall at his Utah home . Price `` has absolutely no rights or authority , with regard to the disposition of Gary 's remains , services , estate management , '' said Dion Mial , Coleman longtime friend and former manager . `` Plans for any services are pending , at this time , '' Mial said . Coleman 's will , which has been reviewed by his parents and their lawyer , named Mial to oversee his estate , Mial and a spokesman for his parents said . `` I am humbled by Gary 's confidence in me and by his fearless friendship , '' Mial said in a statement sent to CNN Saturday . `` My life is transformed , because of his distinct presence in it . '' Sue and Willie Coleman made the decision to drop their efforts after reviewing copies of Coleman 's will and other trust documents provided by attorneys in Utah , where Coleman lived with his former wife , Shannon Price , until his death last week . `` From the start , Mr. and Mrs. Coleman 's intention has been to see that Gary 's wishes be honored and that his affairs be taken care of properly , '' attorney Frederick Jackson said in a statement . `` They wanted to do things the right way , and they urge those still involved to do the same . The Colemans ask that everyone please treat Gary with respect and kindness . They feel it is time for him to find peace and let his spirit go . '' Coleman 's relationship with his parents was strained since he successfully sued them 20 years ago for $ 1 million , claiming they squandered his earnings as a child actor . Mial became Coleman 's manager when he fired his parents . Mial was a close companion of Coleman when he was a child actor on `` Diff'rent Strokes . '' `` Not only am I saying goodbye to a friend , but I 'm saying goodbye to my brother , '' Mial said . `` I will not allow my selfish grief to eclipse the unspeakable joy that Gary brought to me and to my family for the last 32 years . I 'm as equally and passionately committed to honor his memory , as I was always so committed to his destiny in life . '' The body of the 42-year-old actor , who died last Friday of a brain hemorrhage in a Provo , Utah , hospital , is now at Lake Hill Mortuary in Sandy , Utah . The legal department at the mortuary 's parent company -- Memorial Mortuaries -- told CNN it has control of Coleman 's remains until legal documents are presented showing who has authority over them . Coleman and Price divorced in 2008 , but they were living together in Santaquin , Utah , when he suffered the fall , which proved fatal . Price , 24 , had the legal authority to authorize his doctor to disconnect his life support , the Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in Provo said . `` Mr. Coleman had completed an Advanced Health Care Directive that granted Shannon Price permission to make medical decisions on his behalf if he was unable to do so , '' said the hospital statement , which Price authorized . The document was in effect when the decision to remove Coleman from life support was made last Friday , the hospital said . `` An Advanced Health Care Directive remains in effect regardless of a patient 's marital status , unless modified by the patient , '' the hospital statement said . Coleman suffered a brain hemorrhage after he fell at his home on Wednesday , May 26 . He died two days later , after he was removed from life support , a hospital spokeswoman said . While he appeared `` lucid and conscious '' Thursday morning , his condition worsened by the afternoon , leaving him unconscious and on life support , she said . Coleman is best known as the wisecracking youngster Arnold on TV 's `` Diff'rent Strokes '' from the late 1970s to the mid-1980s . `` There was a touch of magic and a different stroke in Gary Coleman , '' said TV legend Norman Lear , who produced the show . `` He was the inspiration behind his show 's title . '' CNN 's Brittany Kaplan and Jack Hannah contributed to this report .
Executor says ex-wife has no authority on Coleman matters . Coleman funeral plans `` pending '' Coleman parents drop bid for son 's remains . Sue and Willie Coleman reviewed Coleman 's will before making decision . Coleman 's remains currently at Sandy , Utah , mortuary .