Adam and Drazen (two of Cooper’s very favorite people) were out and about in New York City. Check out all the cool Cooper photos they took!
Now Cooper wants to go to New York.
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Wilhelmina Cooper(née Behmenburg) – (May 1, 1939 – March 1, 1980)
Wilhelmina Cooper was one of the most famous models of the 1950 and ’60s. She was on the cover of 255 magazines and holds the record for the most appearances on the cover of American Vogue. In 1967 she and her husband founded leading modeling agency Wilhelmina Models.
Gordon Cooper (March 6, 1927 – October 4, 2004)
Leroy Gordon Cooper, Jr. was one of the seven original astronauts inProject Mercury, the first manned space effort by the United States. He was the first American to sleep in orbit, flew the longest spaceflight of the Mercury project, and was the last American to be launched alone into Earth orbit and conduct an entire solo orbital mission.
Was portrayed by Dennis Quaid in The Right Stuff.
Claimed to have seen a UFO (and believed that the government was covering up information about UFOs).
Charles Henry “Chuck” Cooper (September 29, 1926 – February 5, 1984)
Chuck Cooper was the first African American player to be drafted by an NBA team (Boston Celtics), in 1950.
Cooper’s experience was laced with racial prejudice and, at times, rampant segregation on road trips at restaurants and hotels.
Cooper later earned a Masters in Social Work degree from the University of Minnesota, served on Pittsburgh’s school board, and became the city’s first African American department head as director of parks and recreation.