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Apr 2, 2014 · Anderson Cooper is the son of Gloria Vanderbilt and a descendant of Cornelius Vanderbilt. He grew up in New York City, attending the Dalton School and later Yale University before pursuing...
Sep 10, 2023 · Anderson Cooper's late mother, Gloria Vanderbilt, was an heiress, a socialite and a fashion designer. She died in 2019 at age 95.
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- Anderson Cooper’s Parents Came From Very Different Backgrounds. Anderson Cooper’s mom, Gloria, was born into the Vanderbilt family, one of the richest families in America in the 1800s and early 1900s who made their fortune in the railroad business.
- Anderson Cooper’s Brother Jumped Off of a Balcony in Front of Their Mother. In the second great tragedy to the Cooper family after Wyatt’s unexpected death was when his older brother Carter killed himself in 1988 by jumping off a 14th story building while their mother was pleading for him to get off the ledge.
- Anderson Cooper & His Mother Became Close After Carter’s Death and Remained That Way Until She died Last Year. When Carter killed himself in 1988, Anderson Cooper and Gloria Vanderbilt were all that was left of their nuclear family, thought Vanderbilt had two other sons from a previous marriage — More on that later.
- Cooper Has Two Half Brothers From One of His Mom’s Previous Marriages. Gloria Vanderbuilt had two sons before she met and married Wyatt Cooper from her second husband, the famous conductor Leopold Stokovski.
Anderson Hays Cooper was born the younger son of the writer Wyatt Emory Cooper and the artist, designer, writer, and heiress Gloria Vanderbilt, and is a great-great-great-grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt of the prominent Vanderbilt shipping and railroad fortune.
They had two sons: Carter Vanderbilt Cooper (January 27, 1965 – July 22, 1988), who died by suicide at age 23 by jumping to his death from the family's 14th-floor apartment, and Anderson Hays Cooper (born June 3, 1967), a CNN news anchor.
Cooper was born in Manhattan, New York City, the younger son of writer Wyatt Emory Cooper and artist Gloria Vanderbilt.
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Dec 6, 2023 · Anderson Cooper's father died young. You've most likely heard Anderson discuss his late father, Wyatt E. Cooper, who was a successful author and screenwriter, according to Amo Mama. Sadly , Wyatt passed away in 1978 when Anderson was only 10 years old, due to complications he faced during open-heart surgery.
