In 2007, Coleman was inducted to the International Scuba Diving Hall of Fame and in 2011, he was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for "service to conservation and the environment through the photographic documentation of Australian marine species". Coleman died on the 4th of May 2012 at 4:55am, of natural causes in his sleep.
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