Her father was railroad heir Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt. Upon his death she inherited a $5 million trust fund, the control belonging to her mother since she was a minor. Her mother's spending habits led to a custody battle with her aunt, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, and she became the ward of her aunt. Her mother had to live on a reduced portion of her daughter's trust. After she became of age, she cut off her mother completely.
She was married 4 times, which resulted in 4 sons by her 2nd and 4th husband. Coauthored the memoir The Rainbow Comes and Goes with her youngest son, Anderson Cooper
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