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Gloria Laura Vanderbilt (February 20, 1924 – June 17, 2019) was an American artist, author, actress, fashion designer, heiress, and socialite. During the 1930s, she was the subject of a high-profile child custody trial in which her mother, Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt, and her paternal aunt, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, each sought custody of her and control over her trust fund.
Wyatt Emory Cooper (1927–1978): 4th husband of Gloria Vanderbilt Tina Onassis Niarchos (1929–1974): 2nd wife of John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough Mary Lee Ryan (1931–2017): wife of William Amherst Vanderbilt Cecil ; a first cousin of First Lady of the United States Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis .
Furness and her sister Gloria wrote a memoir called Double Exposure (1959). [1] Furness died in New York City on 29 January 1970. As her niece, Gloria Vanderbilt, recalled, "She dropped dead on Seventy-third and Lexington on her way to see the doctor. In her bag was this miniature teddy bear that the Prince of Wales had given her, years before ...
Anderson Cooper shared the news of mom Gloria Vanderbilt on Monday, with Cooper himself narrating a video about her extraordinary life. ... She married her first husband when she was 17 -- Pat ...
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Gloria Laura Madeleine Sophie Vanderbilt was born in 1924, a century after her great-great-grandfather started the family fortune, first in steamships, later in railroads. He left around $100 ...
On December 24, 1963, he married heiress Gloria Vanderbilt, becoming her fourth husband.The couple frequently appeared on the national "best-dressed" list. [3] They had two sons: Carter Vanderbilt Cooper (1965–1988), who died by suicide, [6] and Anderson Hays Cooper (b. 1967), who is an anchor for CNN.
Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt (left) with her identical twin, Thelma, Viscountess Furness. Born at the Grand Hotel National [1] in Lucerne, Switzerland, as Maria Mercedes Morgan, [2] [3] she was a daughter of Henry Hays Morgan, Sr. (1860–1933), an American diplomat, who served as U.S. consul general in Buenos Aires, Argentina; Berlin, Germany; Amsterdam, Netherlands; Havana, Cuba; and Brussels ...