Fifty-two years ago today, Hollywood icon Gary Cooper, who starred in such classics as Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), Sergeant York (1941), The Pride of the Yankees (1942) and High Noon (1952), slipped from this earth.
Cooper's low-key, it's-not-all-about-me demeanor, whether playing an inspiring everyman like Longfellow Deeds or a real-life hero like Alvin York, resonated with audiences. In the process, he singlehandedly revived Paramount Pictures' sagging Depression-era fortunes and, at the pinnacle of his career, was the highest-paid American.
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