Wilhelmina Gertrud Frieda “Willy” Behmenburg Cooper

Birth: 1 May 1939
Culemborg, Culemborg Municipality, Gelderland, Netherlands
Death: 1 Mar 1980 (aged 40)
Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Burial: Putnam Cemetery

Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 41.0595195, Longitude: -73.6214967
Memorial ID: 71812362 View Source

One of the original supermodels. Very popular in the 1960's and 1970's. Founded the still famous Wilhelmina Modeling Agency in New York City. Faye Dunaway played her role in the movie "GIA".

Cause of death: Cancer

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Victor Bruce Cooper

1924–1989 (m. 1965)

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Walter Gunther Behmenburg

1942–1945

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