Jeff Cooper, RIP

[Ray Newman]

"Col. Cooper passed this afternoon. Here is the note from Ed Head at GUNSITE:

"At the request of the family it is my sad duty to report the passing of
our founder, Jeff Cooper. Jeff died peacefully at home this afternoon
while being cared for by his wife Janelle and daughter Lindy.

"There will be a private internment at Gunsite by invitation, with a
public memorial service at the Whittington Center at a date to be
announced.

"Our thoughts and prayers are with the family."

---Ed Head
Operations Manager
Gunsite Academy, Inc.
Go with God, Colonel... the gates of Valhalla stand open.


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[DWTim]

I am a big fan of the old 'Shottist'. He had not written anything new for several months, then came his last upate of Cooper's Commentaries this very month. I must say that I feared he had been slowing down because of his health. I know that his mobility had deteriorated in recent years. He was and always will be a controversial figure, but I've always enjoyed his writings. This is heartbreaking news.

[sharps4590]

Jeff Cooper was the "real deal".  Controversial, you bet, effective, you bet.  You could disagree with him but you were going to lose.  There is no substitue for experience.  He and Keith have been and always will be correct in their choice of calibers.

As has been said about Davy Crockett, "he wasn't always right but he was always certain".   Such can be said about Cooper with the caveat that he was often as right as he was certain. 

I pray God be with his family.  Another legend passes.

Vic