Gloria Vanderbilt: Heiress, Designer and Mother of Anderson Cooper Dies

Gloria Vanderbilt was an American artist, actress and fashion designer. Born on February 20, 1924, in New York City, she was an heiress to the Vanderbilt fortune.

At age 10 she was at the center of a highly publicized custody trial between her mother and her aunt. In the 1970s she launched a line of designer jeans, among the first with a designer's name on the back pocket. She wrote several memoirs.

She was the mother of CNN anchor Anderson Cooper. Vanderbilt died of stomach cancer at her home in Manhattan on June 17, 2019, at age 95.

Achievements: Pioneer of designer jeans.

Birth: February 20, 1924 - New York City.

Profession: Heiress and designer.

Interesting Facts: Her custody trial was called the trial of the century.