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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.
Gloria Vanderbilt, the heiress at the center of a scandalous custody battle of the 1930s and the designer jeans queen, died on Monday at 95. ... Noting her father's death when she was a toddler ...
The multitalented artist and philanthropist's death was announced by her son, Anderson Cooper. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290 ...
The 52-year-old journalist's mother, artist and heiress Gloria Vanderbilt, died on Monday after a battle with stomach cancer. But although Vanderbilt was wealthy due to her successful business ...
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 ...
In 1941, DiCicco married Gloria Vanderbilt. Vanderbilt, who was only 17, had moved to Hollywood that same year. [3] DiCicco was allegedly a temperamental and abusive husband who called Vanderbilt "Fatsy Roo" and regularly beat her. Vanderbilt later said, "He would take my head and bang it against the wall. I had black eyes." [4] They divorced ...
Anderson Cooper and his mother, Gloria Vanderbilt, co-authored a book, "The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son on Life, Love, and Loss," in which they corresponded back-and-forth for a year ...
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.