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What You Talkin' 'Bout Willis? Todd Bridges, Gary Coleman's TV Brother, Claims to Have Secret Will

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SALT LAKE CITY (CBS) Diff'rent Strokes star Todd Bridges, aka Willis, says what he's talkin' about now is a secret will -- expressing the final wishes of his TV brother Gary Coleman, reports E! Online.

In yet another odd twist surrounding Coleman's death May 28, at age 42, in an interview with Entertainment Tonight Bridges claimed to possess a document from the former child star.

"[A friend of mine and I] have paperwork, and we'll bring it out soon, that will show what his wishes were and what he wanted," Bridges told ET.

"There's a big fight going on with his parents and some other people involved, and after we bring this paperwork out, everybody's going to shut up."

Since Coleman's passing, there has been a tremendous amount of controversy regarding the actor's body and arrangements for his funeral, currently scheduled for Saturday in Utah, reports E!Online.

Coleman died a week ago Friday in Utah from a brain hemorrhage apparently after a seizure or fall.

Coleman's estranged parents, Sue and Willie Coleman, would like to bury their son in his hometown of Zion, Ill. The Colemans, who were successfully sued by their son in 1989 for allegedly taking more than their fair-share of his multimillion-dollar trust fund, want their son back from the people they believe took him away many years ago.

Victor Perillo, Coleman's ex-manager, has been speaking on the parents' behalf and told E!Online all they want is "his legacy to be about his magnificent talent and not this nonsense."

On the other hand, "Willis" -- Todd Bridges -- told ET "there's a reason why he didn't speak to them for 23 years," and why he wanted to exclude his parents now.

Stay tuned.

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