- Born
- Died
- Robert Cordier was born on August 26, 1933 in Binche, Belgium. He was an actor and writer, known for Injun fender (1973), Miracles of Modern Medicine (1967) and The Moving Finger (1963). He died on April 7, 2020 in Paris, France.
- Children
- Was married to Betty Lou Holland. They had two children together.
- James Baldwin is the godfather of his daughter Cecilia Cordier.
- He and his daughter Cecilia Cordier would often attend the legendary Sunday dinners hosted by Jim Haynes in Paris.
- The disc jockey Murray the 'K' proposes to Cordier to "remake with rock what he did for medicine at EXPO 67 ". This project will come to life in 1967 Murray the K in New York, the first 'Rock Spectacular' filmed for ABC New York. With Jim Morrison, The Doors, Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin, The Beatles, The Association, Spanky and Our Gang, Sam & Dave, Richie Havens. The project will be sponsored by New York Mayor John Lindsay and Hollywood star Joan Crawford.
- (January 23, 1961) He hosted the famous "Funeral for the Beat Generation" in his West Village apartment (85 Christopher Street) in New York City where guests gathered to discuss 'The Funeral Of The Beat Generation'. Among the guests were De Hirsch Margolis, Shel Silverstein, Sylvia Topp, Bill Godden, Gloria Schoffel, James Baldwin, Howard Hart, Norman Mailer, Ted Joans, William Styron, Susan Sontag and Lester Blackiston.
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