Wyatt Emory Cooper Bio

Wyatt Emory Cooper was an American author, screenwriter, and actor. He was the father of CNN anchor Anderson Cooper and the fourth husband of Vanderbilt family heiress and socialite Gloria Vanderbilt.

Cooper Date Of Birth

Wyatt Cooper was born on September 1, 1927 – January 5, 1978

Wyatt Emory Cooper Cause Of Death

Wyatt Emory Cooper passed away on January 5, 1978, in Manhattan, New York City, at the age of 50, during open heart surgery, following a heart attack in December.

Wyatt Emory Cooper Wife

He wed Gloria Vanderbilt on December 24, 1963, becoming her fourth husband. The couple routinely made lists of “best-dressed” people in the country.

Wyatt Emory Cooper Children

They had two sons, Anderson Hays Cooper (born 1967), a CNN anchor, and Carter Vanderbilt Cooper (1965–1988, who committed suicide).

Wyatt Cooper Education Background

He earned his degree in theater arts from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he also started his acting career.

Wyatt Cooper Career Background

Cooper relocated to New York City in his twenties to seek a career in acting. Cooper made his Broadway debut at the age of 26 in the cast of the drama The Strong Are Lonely, which had a week-long run at the Broadhurst Theatre in the fall of 1953. Cooper also published plays and stories.

Cooper, who is now in his thirties, was a screenwriter who resided in Los Angeles and went to both UCLA and UC Berkeley. Cooper lived in West Hollywood, then a part of Los Angeles County that wasn’t incorporated, close to Dorothy Parker and her husband Alan Campbell.

Cooper and Parker became close friends, and a year after Parker passed away in 1967, Cooper wrote a sharp and well-read profile of her for Esquire magazine under the title “Whatever You Think Dorothy Parker Was Like, She Wasn’t.” Early in the 1960s, Cooper relocated to Manhattan where he worked as a magazine editor.