Daniel Coleman—the real-life Danny—is now a bonafide children’s superstar. But just as he is realizing his dream on a scale that very few entertainers ever do, Coleman is grieving the death of his own child. Coleman’s oldest son, Isaac, passed away from cancer at age 14 on May 21.
At the end of a dirt road in the woods of North Carolina, Mindy Coleman—otherwise known as Mindy Mango, Danny’s pink-jumpsuited co-star and real-life wife—pulls her 4-wheeler to a halt, gravel crunching. Levi Coleman, a 10-year-old with a mop of light brown hair, hops off. “We got the mail!” he shouts, running up the driveway to his dad. “What’s in the big box?” asks Daniel, who’s 38. It’s medical supplies, says Mindy; those are always arriving, and they always come in boxes far too large for what they carry, padded with miles of packing material. “It’s probably a single catheter,” Daniel says, and Mindy smiles ruefully.
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