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The way to get out of this world because that s where everything is. later she made a joke and we started giggling. i never knew that we had the exact same giggle. i recorded it and it makes me giggle every time i watch it. [ laughter ] [ laughter ] joseph conrad wrote we live as we die alone. he was wrong in my mom s case. gloria vanderbelt died as she lived on ore own terms. i know she hoped for little more time, a few days or weeks at least. there were paintings she wanted to make, more books she wanted to read, more dreams to dream. but she was ready. she was ready to go. once upon a time. she spent a lot of time alone ....
Then she met and married director sydney and my father wyatt cooper. over the course of her life, my mom was photographed by all the great photographers she worked as a painter, writer, actress and designer. gloria, you re terrific. if you were around in the 1980s it was hard to miss the jeans she helped create but that was her public face, the one she learned to hide behind as a child. her private self, her real self was fascinating and more lovely than anything she showed the public. i always thought of her as a visitor from another world, a traveler stranded here who had come from a distant star that burned out long ago. i always felt it was my job to protect her. she was the strongest person i ever met but she wasn t tough. she never developed a thick skin to protect herself from hurt. she wanted to feel it all. she wanted to feel life s pleasures, its pains, as well. she trusted too freely, too ....
In her head during her life but when the end came, she was not alone. she was surrounded by beauty and by family and by friends. the last few weeks every time i kissed her good-bye, i d say i love you mom. she would look at me and say i love you, too, you know that. and she was right. i did know that. i knew it from the moment i was born and i ll know it for the rest of my life, and in the end, what greater gift can a mother give to her son. gloria vanderbilt was 95 years old when she died. what an extraordinary life. what an extraordinary mom and what an incredible woman. what a life. i had the chance to see them together a couple of times and the joy they took in each other was overwhelming and inspiring. we are thinking of anderson and his family tonight. we ll be right back. ....
And i ve reorganized it, so to speak. i think one of the amazing things about her, she s been in the public eye at this point longer than pretty much anyone else i can think of. and here s the first movie of little gloria herself. frightened by the curious crowd, she flees into her car. money isn t everything. and i think the public perception of her to the extent people have a perception of her is very limited. whatever else she may have done in life, gloria vanderbilt is best known as the poor little rich girl. the delightful gloria vndar bilt. gloria vanderbilt. gloria vanderbilt is here tonight. welcome aboard, miss vanderbilt. you look absolutely beautiful. in short, one of the most successful women in america. model, actress, and now designer. introducing my new collection of status jeans. ....