Althouse: Anderson Cooper pays tribute to his mother, Gloria Vanderbilt, who has died at the age of 95.

June 17, 2019

Anderson Cooper pays tribute to his mother, Gloria Vanderbilt, who has died at the age of 95.

30 comments:

tcrosse said...: The story is that in the great custody battle between Gloria's aunt and her mom, the court was going to render its decision after the weekend, One of the NYC newspapers ran the headline "Sic Transit Gloria Monday". Well, that's the story.; 6/17/19, 6:30 PM
Scott said...: Thanks for posting this. I watch so little CNN that I would have missed it otherwise.; 6/17/19, 6:35 PM
BarrySanders20 said...: The popular rich girls in junior high had tight Gloria Vanderbilt jeans with the little swan. It was a thing, and then it wasn't. Fashion - and seventh grade popular rich girls - so fickle.; 6/17/19, 6:41 PM
Ann Althouse said...: Cooper did an HBO documentary about his mother, "Nothing Left Unsaid." It's streamable here (with an HBO subscription, presumably).

I've watched it and thought it was quite good.; 6/17/19, 6:41 PM
William said...: I vaguely remember that she was the original poor little rich girl. After a rocky start, she seems to have had a good life. She was much hotter at ninety than most women.; 6/17/19, 6:46 PM
Curious George said...: Coop sure doesn't know much her life. "Really?"; 6/17/19, 7:03 PM
Lucid-Ideas said...: There are a lot of similarities between Gloria's pool and Tony Podesta's favorite art subjects...if you know what I mean.; 6/17/19, 7:04 PM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: @Lucid
Abromovich-ish??; 6/17/19, 7:08 PM
RBE said...: That was poignant.; 6/17/19, 7:19 PM
Lucid-Ideas said...: The Vanderbilt's (including the university) have had a long association with the Ambromovic's and heavy occult forces.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm_0

Pedophiles and degenerate evils. They are to be attacked and shunned like the outcasts they've always been, throughout history.

Chapters aren't closed. Paragraphs unwritten.; 6/17/19, 7:28 PM
Nichevo said...: Ann Althouse said...
Cooper did an HBO documentary about his mother, "Nothing Left Unsaid." It's streamable here (with an HBO subscription, presumably).

I've watched it and thought it was quite good.

6/17/19, 6:41 PM

I forget the proper way to draw Althouse's attention to a story worth covering, but she, and everybody, if they would like a referral, should watch the drama Chernobyl, broadcast on HBO. Some of the most astonishing television I have ever seen:

These are the most important 90 seconds of your lives; 6/17/19, 7:43 PM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: Althouse and Vanderbilt Architects.; 6/17/19, 8:07 PM
chuck said...: When in college I rented a room from a woman who claimed that she had been a private secretary for one of the Vanderbilts. She said that she was barred from attending one of their parties because nice people shouldn't see such goings on. The secretary herself had a interesting story, born in French Algeria, married to the Belgian court physician, who abused her, then divorced and ending up in NYC.; 6/17/19, 8:09 PM
madAsHell said...: I went to a dog show once, and one of the Jack Russell Terriers was named Anderson Pooper. No, I didn't make that up.

I really thought that when you went to journalism school, they taught not to make the news about yourself.; 6/17/19, 8:19 PM
Birkel said...: Visit Biltmore House if you have the chance.; 6/17/19, 8:22 PM
Lydia said...: I never gave much thought to her until I read several years ago about how another son, Carter Cooper, jumped to his death from the balcony of her Manhattan apartment. Here's how she described it:

"All the time, I still run through it," she said. "There was a moment when...he did not jump. He was sitting on the wall thirteen floors up, on the balcony. With one foot on there and one foot hanging down, he kept looking down.

"I kept begging him too...and then when he went, he went like an athlete and hung over the wall like this. I said, 'Carter, come back,' and for a minute I thought he was going to come back, but he didn't. He let go. There was a moment when I thought I was going to jump after him. But then I thought of you [Anderson Cooper] and it stopped me from doing that."

Jesus. How does one go on after that?; 6/17/19, 8:25 PM
Narr said...: Yeah, Biltmore is something.

Money doesn't stop shit happening.

I was surprised at her list of children. Stokowski?

Narr
Why didn't someone inform me?; 6/17/19, 8:43 PM
gilbar said...: I didn't realize that Anderson Cooper is a Vanderbilt .
Isn't it Interesting, that all these Truth to Power people... .End up Being the Rich and Powerful?
It's Almost like the Whole Thing is a Sham; 6/17/19, 9:01 PM
Rockport Conservative said...: This was a great tribute to a mother. A very famous mother to be sure, but still she was Cooper's mother. He loved her and she loved him. I do not agree with his politics but I respect his tribute to her. Politics has nothing to do with the love of a mother and a son.; 6/17/19, 9:25 PM
Christy said...: Lovely tribute. First jeans I ever bought were a green wide wale Gloria Vanderbilt pair.

Lucid, well dayum, I missed all the perversity at Vanderbilt. And you'd think, what with me part of the theatre crowd, I'd have seen it. Most perverse thing I ever saw was the physics prof who wore the same yellow sweater to class every day. Your mileage for perversity may vary.; 6/17/19, 9:40 PM
BamaBadgOR said...: Wonderful tribute by Anderson Cooper to his mother.; 6/17/19, 9:55 PM
Sprezzatura said...: "It's Almost like the Whole Thing is a Sham"

Exactly right.

But not what you meant. Cause your drone.

Can't see The Sham at that level.

IMHO.; 6/17/19, 11:00 PM
chickelit said...: Who was Cooper's sperm donor? No ones seems to care about him.; 6/17/19, 11:28 PM
Josephbleau said...: I lost Anderson after his “Tea Bagging” humorous reportage.; 6/18/19, 5:02 AM
Robert Cook said...: "The Vanderbilt's (including the university) have had a long association with the Ambromovic's and heavy occult forces.

"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm_0

"Pedophiles and degenerate evils. They are to be attacked and shunned like the outcasts they've always been, throughout history.

"Chapters aren't closed. Paragraphs unwritten."

I see your Blogger user name is meant as the opposite of the truth.; 6/18/19, 6:40 AM
Known Unknown said...: So that's where he came from?

Does anyone pull themselves up from the bootstraps anymore?; 6/18/19, 8:25 AM
John henry said...: With a family like that is it any wonder that Anderson turned out gay?

John Henry; 6/18/19, 3:44 PM
John henry said...: Known unknown,

Cornelius Vanderbilt did. Started with a single rowboat.

The only interesting Vanderbilt IMHO.

John Henry; 6/18/19, 3:46 PM
TML said...: Quite a lovely tribute.; 6/18/19, 5:08 PM
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