Jackie Cooper is now running the great Daily Planet up in the sky.
Cooper, a former child actor and star of the four Christopher Reeve "Superman" movies, died at a convalescent home in Santa Monica this Tuesday, according to The Hollywood Reporter. He was 88.
It would appear that Cooper died of natural causes. "He just kinda died of old age,” said his attorney, Roger Licht. "He wore out."
Jackie Cooper was a huge child star in the '30s, appearing in 15 of Hal Roach's popular "Our Gang" short comedies and earning the nickname of "America's Boy." He holds the record for the youngest actor to ever receive an Oscar nomination for a lead role, having been nominated at the age of nine for his performance in "Skippy" (1931), which was based on a comic strip.
Speaking of comics, one of Cooper's most popular roles came much later in his career...
Cooper, a former child actor and star of the four Christopher Reeve "Superman" movies, died at a convalescent home in Santa Monica this Tuesday, according to The Hollywood Reporter. He was 88.
It would appear that Cooper died of natural causes. "He just kinda died of old age,” said his attorney, Roger Licht. "He wore out."
Jackie Cooper was a huge child star in the '30s, appearing in 15 of Hal Roach's popular "Our Gang" short comedies and earning the nickname of "America's Boy." He holds the record for the youngest actor to ever receive an Oscar nomination for a lead role, having been nominated at the age of nine for his performance in "Skippy" (1931), which was based on a comic strip.
Speaking of comics, one of Cooper's most popular roles came much later in his career...
- 5/5/2011
- by Bryan Enk
- NextMovie
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