Many Spanish given names honor the Virgin Mary. Girls are frequently given the name Maria or Maria followed by a suffix name and boys are sometimes given the name Maria as a middle name. Girls with Marian composite names may use the suffix portion of their name as their main informal name.
Cooper's father and Vanderbilt's husband Wyatt Emory Cooper, who Vanderbilt still believes is the love of her life, died at a young age and Vanderbilt never married again. Anderson was only ten years old when his father died suddenly of heart failure.
He is pictured here at the CFDA Fashion awards at the Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall in New York City. Photo: Reuters. Anderson Cooper's new daytime talk show Anderson premiered just a week ago, and he's already bringing in the big guns. After interviewing the family of Amy Winehouse last week, Cooper brought his mother Gloria Vanderbilt on the show and the two discussed their own family tragedies.