Cooper's father suffered a series of heart attacks while undergoing open-heart surgery, and died January 5, 1978, at the age of 50. Cooper considers his father's book Families to be "sort of a guide on... how he would have wanted me to live my life and the choices he would have wanted me to make. And so I feel very connected to him".Cooper's older brother, Carter Vanderbilt, died by suicide on July 22, 1988, at the age of 14 in the New York City penthouse. Ìbéèrè: A ti Anderson sọ nípa ọmọ rẹ ti o kọ nipa iyọọda ara ẹni ti o fa nipasẹ iyọọda ara ẹni ti ọmọ rẹ, Gloria Vanderbilt.
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