Before slipping into a coma May 27, Gary Coleman uttered his last words -- addressed to Shannon Price, his ex-wife, who was at his side at a Utah hospital.

"He said, 'I love you and my head hurts,' Those were the last [words] that he said to me because he was in a lot of pain," Price, 24, reveals to Entertainment Tonight.

Although Price and Coleman had been divorced for nearly two years prior to his May 28 death at age 42, Utah Valley Regional Medical Center confirmed last week that Price had a directive to make medical decisions on Coleman's behalf regardless of their marital status.