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.
Anderson Cooper hears the voice of his actor father who died when the CNN host was just 10 for the first time in 30 years after recording of radio show was posted online. Anderson Cooper has tweeted his amazement at hearing his late father's voice for the first time in more than 30 years after a recording of a 1970s radio show was posted online.