RIP: Jackie Cooper (1922-2011)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/05/04/BAHD1JBSK5.DTL#ixzz1LXB7dXhp
Jackie Cooper, the impish child actor of "Skippy" and "Our Gang" fame who captured the hearts of Americans and went on to a successful television career as an adult, died Tuesday. He was 88.
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"He just kinda died of old age," attorney Roger Licht told the Reuters news service. "He wore out."
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At age 9, he was the youngest performer to have been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role — an honor that he received for the film Skippy (1931) and a record that still stands.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/05/04/BAHD1JBSK5.DTL#ixzz1LXB7dXhp
Jackie Cooper, the impish child actor of "Skippy" and "Our Gang" fame who captured the hearts of Americans and went on to a successful television career as an adult, died Tuesday. He was 88.
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"He just kinda died of old age," attorney Roger Licht told the Reuters news service. "He wore out."
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At age 9, he was the youngest performer to have been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role — an honor that he received for the film Skippy (1931) and a record that still stands.
