{"id":269569,"date":"2022-06-08T08:44:57","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T13:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=269569"},"modified":"2022-06-07T14:47:20","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T19:47:20","slug":"original-gerber-baby-ann-turner-cook-passes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/original-gerber-baby-ann-turner-cook-passes\/","title":{"rendered":"Original Gerber baby, Ann Turner Cook, passes away at 95"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ann Turner Cook, the infant model who became world famous as the Gerber baby, has died. She was 95 years old.<\/p>\n

In a post on Instagram<\/a>, Gerber announced Cook’s passing. “Gerber is deeply saddened by the passing of Ann Turner Cook, the original Gerber baby, whose face was sketched to become the iconic Gerber logo more than 90 years ago,” they wrote. “Many years before becoming an extraordinary mother, teacher and writer, her smile and expressive curiosity captured hearts everywhere and will continue to live on as a symbol for all babies. We extend our deepest sympathies to Ann\u2019s family and to anyone who had the pleasure of knowing her heart.”<\/p>\n

At five months old, a neighbor, Dorothy Hope Smith, drew<\/a> a charcoal sketch of Cook, which was submitted to a nationwide contest Gerber was holding. Cook won the contest, but her smiling face was so popular that Gerber ended up trademarking it in 1931. After that, it was used in all of their marketing and packaging.<\/p>\n

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