Editing Merian C. Cooper (section)

==Personal life==
Cooper was the father of Polish translator and writer [[Maciej Słomczyński]].<ref name="hoover" /> He married film actress [[Dorothy Jordan (American actress)|Dorothy Jordan]] on May 27, 1933.<ref name="DArc" /> They kept their marriage a secret from Hollywood for a month before it was reported by journalists. He suffered a heart attack later that year.<ref name="living dangerously" />{{rp|252,255}} 

Cooper died of cancer on April 21, 1973,<ref name=DArc>{{Cite archival metadata |author = James V. D'Arc, John N. Gillespie |title = Merian C. Cooper papers |url = http://archives.lib.byu.edu/repositories/14/resources/11057 |repository = L. Tom Perry Special Collections |location = Provo, UT |date = 2000 |access-date = 8 Jul 2016}}</ref> in [[San Diego]].<ref name="american polish" /> His ashes were scattered at sea with full military honors.<ref name="living dangerously" />{{rp|378}}