Guide Notes
Emmy Award-winning journalist and author Anderson Cooper is the host of CNN's Anderson Cooper 360. He is the author of Dispatches from the Edge, a memoir which chronicles his work in Sri Lanka, Africa, Iraq and post-Katrina New Orleans.
Fast Facts
- Born: June 3, 1967 in New York City
- Host: Anderson Cooper 360
- Son of Gloria Vanderbilt
- Former host The Mole
- Awards: National Headliners Award, Emmy Award, GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding TV Journalism
- Anderson Cooper 360 airs Monday-Friday at 10PM ET (CNN)
Early Life
Cooper is the son of writer Wyatt Emory Cooper and heiress Gloria Vanderbilt. As a baby, he was photographed by Diane Arbus for Harper's Bazaar and, at the age of 3, appeared on The Tonight Show. In 1978, Cooper's father died of a heart attack. Ten years later, his older brother Carter Vanderbilt Cooper committed suicide. After graduating from Yale in the late 80s, Cooper sought employment at ABC. Unable to find work, Cooper created a fake press pass and traveled to Southeast Asia where he reported for the Channel One news agency.1
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