“Gloria Vanderbilt was an extraordinary woman, who loved life, and lived it on her own terms. She was a painter, a writer and designer but also a remarkable mother, wife, and friend. She was 95 years old, but ask anyone close to her, and they’d tell you: She was the youngest person they knew — the coolest and most modern.” Fashion icon and artist Gloria Vanderbilt remembered by her son, Anderson Cooper.

+ Gloria Vanderbilt – a life in pictures.