Former child star Jackie Cooper who found renewed fame in the 70s and 80s playing Clark Kent and Lois Lane’s antagonistic Daily Planet editor Perry White died aged 88, following a “sudden bout of illness” according to TMZ.
Cooper took on the role for 1978’s Christopher Reeve-fronted Superman, and reprised the role in 1980’s Superman II, 1983’s Superman III and 1987’s Superman IV: The Quest For Peace.
