How a Raleigh native, UNC grad's family tragedy led to the sweet, funny new comedy ‘The Unicorn'

Posted Sep 26, 2019
Grady Cooper was born and raised in Raleigh, graduated from Broughton High and UNC-Chapel Hill, then moved out to Los Angeles to work as a TV and film editor. He met Jane DeVries and fell for her. They were married nearly 20 years and had two beautiful daughters, Audrey and Ellen. Then in 2015, when Jane was 49 years old, she died from brain cancer. (Durham Herald-Sun)

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