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Gloria Vanderbilt was involved in a child custody trial during the 1930s. In 1934, Vanderbilt's husband, Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt, died suddenly of a heart attack. Vanderbilt and Vanderbilt had two children together, Gloria Vanderbilt and Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt Jr. After Vanderbilt's death, Vanderbilt's mother, Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt, took custody of the children. Vanderbilt fought for custody of her children and eventually won.