Jesse Lanier Cooper


 

 

Age: 17

 

Summary: son of actors Chris Cooper and Marianne Leone (who played Joanne Moltisanti on The Sopranos) who was born three months prematurely and developed cerebral hemorrhage and severe cerebral palsy but whose parents moved to Massachusetts (where according to research schools lead the country in mainstreaming kids into public educational systems), where he was on his school's honor roll, communicated with a computer and learned to ride horses, and who enjoyed water sports that he learned at a camp for disabled children despite the fact he used a wheelchair.

 

 

Cause of Death: Natural causes

 

Born: October 15, 1987

 

Died: January 3, 2005

 

Location: Kingston, Massachusetts