Anderson Cooper
Anderson Hays Cooper is an American journalist, author, and television personality. He is the primary anchor of the CNN news show Anderson Cooper 360. The program is normally broadcast live from a New York City studio however, Cooper often broadcasts live on location for breaking news stories. In addition he is a major correspondent for 60 Minutes.
Cooper was born in New York City, the younger son of the writer Wyatt Emory Cooper and the artist, designer, writer, and heiress Gloria Vanderbilt. His maternal grandparents were millionaire equestrian Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt and socialite Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt, and his maternal greatgreatgreatgrandfather was business magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, of the prominent Vanderbilt shipping and railroad fortune. He is also a descendant, through his mother, of Civil War brevet Major General Hugh Judson Kilpatrick, who was with General William T. Sherman on his march through Georgia. Through his Vanderbilt line, he is a second cousin, once removed, of screenwriter James Vanderbilt.
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