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Article: TNN special reveals Gary Cooper was more than a movie cowboy.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
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- October 26, 1995
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Gary Cooper was a movie legend. In more than 80 films, he charmed a nation with his gentle strength.
Maria Cooper Janis remembers her father as an outdoorsman who took her vacationing in Colorado and Idaho and as a student of art who took her to museums and introduced her to famous artists, including Pablo Picasso.
Janis, wife of concert pianist Byron Janis, reflects on her father's life and career in the TNN special ``The Life and Times of Gary Cooper,'' which will air at 8 p.m. ET Wednesday (repeats at midnight Wednesday and 8 p.m. and midnight Nov. 7).
With home movies and clips from several movies, Cooper, who died in 1961 at age 60, is portrayed ...