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Post by *~Mrs. Cooper ~* on Mar 1, 2007 19:45:25 GMT -5
Thanks to PK for her comment on the TCM "Any Gary Cooper fans?" message board:
Perhaps the strangest tragedy took place in November 1962 with the suicide of Irene Gibbons, a costume designer at MGM. She designed costumes for a number of famous actresses like Marlene Dietrich, Elizabeth Taylor, Claudette Colbert, Hedy LaMarr, Judy Garland, Lana Turner and many others. Later in her career, she worked on several Doris Day films and became close friends with the actress. In 1962, after Day noticed that Irene seemed upset and nervous, the costume designer confided in her that she was in love with actor Gary Cooper and that he was the only man that she had ever loved. Sadly, Cooper had died in 1961.On November 15, Irene took a room at the Knickerbocker, checking in under an assumed name. She cut her wrists but when this did not prove to be immediately fatal, she jumped to her death from her window on the fourteenth floor. Her body reportedly ended up on top of the hotel awning, where it was discovered later that same night.
I'm telling you he had some kind of power over the ladies.
Perhaps the strangest tragedy took place in November 1962 with the suicide of Irene Gibbons, a costume designer at MGM. She designed costumes for a number of famous actresses like Marlene Dietrich, Elizabeth Taylor, Claudette Colbert, Hedy LaMarr, Judy Garland, Lana Turner and many others. Later in her career, she worked on several Doris Day films and became close friends with the actress. In 1962, after Day noticed that Irene seemed upset and nervous, the costume designer confided in her that she was in love with actor Gary Cooper and that he was the only man that she had ever loved. Sadly, Cooper had died in 1961.On November 15, Irene took a room at the Knickerbocker, checking in under an assumed name. She cut her wrists but when this did not prove to be immediately fatal, she jumped to her death from her window on the fourteenth floor. Her body reportedly ended up on top of the hotel awning, where it was discovered later that same night.
I'm telling you he had some kind of power over the ladies.
