Artist, actress, style icon, heir to a family of millionaires and one of the first designers blue jeans Gloria Vanderbilt, died Monday, June 17, surrounded by family. This was reported by her son, CNN anchor Anderson Cooper.
Gloria Vanderbilt
«Gloria Vanderbilt was an extraordinary woman who loved life and lived it on his own terms, the message reads Cooper. — She was an artist, writer and designer, and also an incredible mother, wife and friend. She was 95 years old, but ask anyone who knew her closely, and they’ll say, she was the youngest of everyone they knew — the coolest and most modern.»
According to the son, Vanderbilt was diagnosed with advanced stomach cancer this month and she «was ready to go.»
Great-great-granddaughter of one of the richest and most successful entrepreneurs of the United States of the nineteenth century, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Gloria Laura Morgan Vanderbilt was born in new York in 1924. Her father, heir to train state Reginald Vanderbilt, died when Gloria was a child.
Vanderbilt was in the spotlight of the media since early childhood due to receiving an inheritance in the amount of half shares in five-million trust Fund when she was only 1 year. When she was 10 years old, her mother, Gloria Morgan, and my father’s sister, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, began to fight for custody. The court was on the side of Gertrude, who became the guardian of Gloria.
In 15 years, Gloria first tried his hand as a model for Harper’s Bazaar. She continued her career at Vogue and also posed for famous photographer Richard Avedon.
Gloria Vanderbilt
When Gloria was 17 years old, she went to Hollywood in 1941, she married agent Pat Dicicco, against the wishes of her aunt. When she was 21, she took control of the trust Fund in 4.3 million dollars left by his father. Two months later she divorced Dicicco and soon remarried — this time for conductor Leopold Stokowski, who at that time was 63 years old. They had 2 sons — Leopold and Christopher.
In 1948, the Gloria for the first time showed himself as an artist, organising an exhibition of his own paintings. In 1954 she debuted on stage in a production of «Swan» in the theater in the Pocono mountain Home (PA). The girl released a book of poetry in 1955. In the same year she divorced Stokowski.
She then married Hollywood Director and producer Sidney Lumet, which was nominated for an Oscar for films such as «12 angry men,» «Dog day afternoon» and «Network».
Son of Gloria Vanderbilt and CNN presenter Anderson Cooper
In 1963, Gloria divorced and with Lumet, in the same year married writer Wyatt Emory Cooper. They were together for 14 years. During this time the couple had 2 sons: Carter Vanderbilt Cooper and Anderson Cooper. Gloria’s husband died in 1978 during open heart surgery.
In the mid 1970-ies the artist launched his clothing line. Under the brand name GV Ltd. she has sold millions of pairs of jeans with her name and logo of a Swan.
In 1988, the family tragedy occurred: 23-year-old son of Gloria Carter Cooper, who suffered from depression, jumped from the terrace of 14th floor penthouse in Manhattan. Gloria was a witness to his suicide, but was unable to do anything.
Vanderbilt has written several books, including the autobiography «Obsession: Erotic stories», which refers to such names as movie star and sex symbol Errol Flynn, singer Frank Sinatra, actor Marlon Brando and entrepreneur Howard Hughes.
Her relationship with her son and face of CNN, Anderson Cooper was immortalized in a documentary by HBO in 2016, «Nothing is forgotten: Gloria Vanderbilt and Anderson Cooper», which premiered at the Sundance film festival.
