Best of 2011
A Farewell to the Stars We Lost This Year
From Elizabeth Taylor to Amy Winehouse, we pay tribute to the people whose lives touched us all
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Updated: Friday Dec 09, 2011 | 11:00 AM EST By: Eloise Parker
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JACKIE COOPER
The former child star, who died on May 3 at 88, was the youngest person ever nominated for a Best Actor Oscar at age 9 for 1931's Skippy. Though he didn't win the Academy Award, an adult Cooper went on to nab an Emmy for his directorial talents on M*A*S*H, and is best remembered for his performance in four Superman films as Clark Kent's gruff editor Perry White at The Daily Planet.
