Tragic Details About Anderson Cooper

Since 2003, Anderson Cooper has been a staple in cable news, and his influence is only growing. But despite all his success, the broadcast journalist's life has more or less been defined by personal loss and career near-misses. This is the real-life story of Anderson Cooper.

At a very young age, Cooper suffered a terrible loss. According to the Huffington Post, Anderson's father, Wyatt, passed away during open heart surgery when the young Cooper was just 10-years-old, and the tragedy permanently hardened him. During a segment for CNN called "The Person Who Changed My Life," Cooper explained,

"Loss changes you. Particularly when you lose a parent at a young age. The world suddenly seems a much different place. More dangerous. The person I was before my father's death, the person I was meant to be was far more open, more interesting than the person I've become. I wish it wasn't so. But the self-reliance I learned has also served me well."

Self-reliance wasn't the only thing Cooper learned at a young age. His father left him with another great quality that helped him rise to the top in a wildly competitive industry. Cooper admitted,

"He gave me the sense that I had value, that my ideas mattered. That instilled in me a confidence I don't think I would have otherwise had."

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Family tragedy | 1:14
Family struggles | 2:39
Inner pain | 3:36
Faking it | 4:36
"Nothing to lose" | 5:46
Losing mom | 6:46
Stalker trouble | 7:45
Coming out | 8:50
Co-parenting | 9:54

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