Obituaries William P. Cooley By 13StarsManager - September 17, 2014 0 438 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp Born in the Bronx, N.Y., in 1953 in the shadow of the original Yankee Stadium, longtime Malibu resident William “Bill” P. Cooley Jr. passed away on Sept. 1, in Burlington, Vt., after a brief illness.