(Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images) UNSPECIFIED - CIRCA 1988: Gloria Vanderbilt, Carter Cooper and Anderson Cooper circa 1988. Und auf einem Dutzend Feldern kreativ. Scroll to continue with content (Photo by Horst P. Horst/Conde Nast via Getty Images)Close up of designer and socialite, Gloria Vanderbilt stands in her Manhattan studio. Erbin, Skandalobjekt, Glamour-Ikone, Modedesignerin, Malerin - und New Yorks letzter wahrer Society-Star: Gloria Vanderbilt war vieles, vor allem reich und berühmt. Ihr Sohn Carter, damals 23, stürzte sich von der Terrasse ihres Penthouses in den Tod. "Ein vaterloses Mädchen", zitierte Vanderbilt die Schriftstellerin Mary Gordon gerne, "glaubt, dass alles möglich ist und nichts sicher." She claimed the board was worried that black singer Bobby Short, who appeared with her on TV commercials, might marry her.In 2009, the 85-year-old Vanderbilt penned a new novel, "Obsession: An Erotic Tale," a graphic tale about an architect's widow who discovers a cache of her husband's letters that reveal his secret sex life.In an interview with The New York Times, she said she wasn't embarrassed about the explicitness of her new book, saying: "I don't think age has anything to do with what you write about. But he commented that the court had wasted a month on "the resolution of problems which mature, intelligent parents should be able to work out for themselves. - Seed of Guilt (1959) ... Myra Kent
Vanderbilt lebte ihr Leid in abstrakter Kunst aus, umgab sich mit Kisten voller Andenken und war bis zuletzt ein perfekt geschminktes Bild der Anmut, selbst als sie Anfang Juni mit Krebs ins Krankenhaus kam.Erben wird Cooper übrigens keinen Penny ihres Vermögens, das habe man schon lange einvernehmlich beschlossen: Geld bringe nur Unglück. She called him her "soul mate."
She married for the first time at 17, causing her aunt to disinherit her. Sie probierte sich als Schauspielerin. Morgan and Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney - a paternal aunt who had married into another prominent family - sought to have young Gloria live with Whitney permanently.At the start of the New York trial, the judge warned that "dirt" from the press coverage would make the girl forever infamous.Lurid testimony riveted the nation during the nearly two-month trial. Feb 5, 2018 - Explore janesteinicke's board "Gloria Vanderbilt", followed by 128 people on Pinterest. (Photo by PL Gould/IMAGES/Getty Images)Designers Gloria Vanderbilt and Geoffrey Beene (in shadows) between a pair of folding partition walls in Geoffrey Beene's New York showroom. (Photo by Matt Carasella/Patrick McMullan via Getty Imagess)NEW YORK CITY, NY - FEBRUARY 5: Gloria Vanderbilt attends Celebration & Book Signing for DRAWING FASHION: THE ART OF KENNETH PAUL BLOCK by Susan Mulcahy at Bergdorf Goodman on February 5, 2008 in New York City. (Photo by Rose Hartman/Getty Images) NEW YORK CITY, NY - APRIL 4: Gloria Vanderbilt and Andrew Slabey attend 4th Annual Benefit for The Academy of American Poets at Alice Tully Hall Lincoln Center on April 4, 2006 in New York City. (Original Caption) Gloria Vanderbilt and her husband Sidney Lumet, are seen here with Cleveland Amory. (Photo by George Rinhart/Corbis via Getty Images)(Original Caption) Gloria Vanderbilt is congratulated by actor Franchot Tone after making her New York legitimate stage debut at the City Center. (Photo by Arty Pomerantz/New York Post Archives /(c) NYP Holdings, Inc. via Getty Images)(Original Caption) Star Gathering. Tone starred in the revival. Eva Gabor (left) and her new husband Richard Brown share the dance floor with Director Sidney Lumet and his wife Gloria Vanderbilt. (Photo by Horst P. Horst/Condé Nast via Getty Images)Gloria Vanderbilt in her studio with pantings on the walls and floor. She had been suffering from advanced stomach cancer, he noted. NEW YORK (AP) — Gloria Vanderbilt, the intrepid heiress, artist and romantic who began her extraordinary life as the "poor little rich girl" of the Great Depression, survived family tragedy and multiple marriages and reigned during the 1970s and '80s as a designer jeans pioneer, died Monday at the age of 95.Vanderbilt, the great-great-granddaughter of financier Cornelius Vanderbilt and the mother of CNN newsman Anderson Cooper, who announced her death via a first-person obituary that aired on the network Monday morning.Cooper confirmed said Vanderbilt died at home with friends and family at her side.