Globe prints Gary Coleman’s deathbed pics, reportedly paid $10K for them

The last pictures taken of Gary Coleman as he lay dying in a Utah hospital room have been sold to the highest bidder for a reported ten thousand dollars.

Although the peddler of the pictures, which ran in Globe Magazine beside the headline “IT WAS MURDER,” has not been confirmed by the publication, it is thought that Coleman’s estranged wife Shannon Price took and then sold the pictures in an attempt to further profit from the actor’s death:

Dion Mial, the executor of Coleman’s will, accused Price, 24, of selling the morbid image to Globe… Globe’s parent company American Media confirmed it purchased the picture, however, spokesperson Samantha Trenk would not disclose the price paid or who sold the photo, according to CNN.com.

Mial was named executor of Coleman’s will by a Utah court, but he was unable to stop the release of the images. Mial, who was a longtime friend of Coleman’s and was once his manager, calls the sale of the gruesome photos part of Price’s “ongoing desperate attempt” to wring as much cash as possible out of Coleman’s sudden death.

Price is said to have been shopping interview opportunities for as much as $50,000 in the days following her ex-husband’s demise. Price’s press rep did not confirm or deny that Price sold the images, but did say that she needed to raise money for lawyers.