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American writer and actor (1927–1978)

Wyatt Emory Cooper (September 1, 1927 – January 5, 1978) was an American author, screenwriter, and actor.

He was the fourth husband of Vanderbilt family heiress and socialite Gloria Vanderbilt and the father of CNN anchor Anderson Cooper.^[1]

Life and career

Cooper had his childhood in the small town of Pleasant Grove, Mississippi, outside of Quitman, Mississippi,^[2] the son of Rixie Jane Annie (née Anderson) and Emmet Debro Cooper.^{[citation needed]} Cooper was from a poor family with deep Southern roots, and later moved to New Orleans, Louisiana, as a young child.

He graduated from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), where he majored in theater arts and began a career in acting.^[3]

In his twenties, Cooper moved to New York City to pursue acting. When Cooper was 26, he appeared on Broadway in the cast of The Strong Are Lonely, a drama that ran for a week at t