April 28, 2020 | By Zoe Smolios When it came to Fame Cooper, her fourth-grade best friend, Bobbie Proto, said that her sweet-yet-shy personality is what made the two gravitate towards each other. “When you were her friend, you were her friend for life,” said Proto. Sunshine Hornick, Cooper’s older sister, said that Fame was her protector. “Even though she was the younger sister, she was always looking out for me,” Hornick said.  “We would confide in each other and she would tell me things that I will never tell another living soul.” Born on September 19, 1975, Cooper grew up in Fairmont, West Virginia. Her mother was a late-night dancer who came and went and the man who was thought to be her father was in jail for murder, so Cooper lived with different family members. Coming from different fathers, Hornick remembers the time she and her sister spent living with her own father and his wife. During that time, Cooper was her rock. “[His second... Read More