Editing Alice Cooper (section)

==Early life==
Vincent Damon Furnier was born on February 4, 1948, in [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]], the son of Ether Moroni Furnier (1924–1987) and his wife Ella Mae (''née'' McCart; 1925–2022). He was named after his uncle, Vincent Collier Furnier, and the short-story writer [[Damon Runyon]].<ref>{{cite book |chapter=The Fabulous Furniers |title=Alice Cooper, Golf Monster: A Rock 'n' Roller's 12 Steps to Becoming a Golf Addict |isbn=9780307382917 |year=2008 |publisher=Crown}}</ref> His father was an evangelist in [[the Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite)|The Church of Jesus Christ]],<ref name=People>{{cite web |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20063913,00.html |title=The Preacher's Son Who Became Alice Cooper |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=April 1, 1974 |access-date=November 24, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110110181906/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20063913,00.html |archive-date= January 10, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> and his paternal grandfather Thurman Sylvester Furnier was a [[Quorum of Twelve Apostles (Bickertonite)|leader]]<ref name=People/> and later president (1963–1965) of that church organization.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cooper |first1=Alice |last2=Zimmerman |first2=Keith |year=2008 |title=Alice Cooper, Golf Monster: A Rock 'n' Roller's 12 Steps to Becoming a Golf Addict |publisher= [[Crown Publishing Group|Crown]] |isbn= 978-0307382917 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1I-lN2IAo_wC&pg=PA9}}</ref>

The Furnier family resided in [[Eastpointe, Michigan|East Detroit]] on Lincoln Ave near Kelly Road,<ref>{{cite book| last= Cooper |first= Alice| title= Alice Cooper, Golf Monster| publisher= Crown |location= New York| year=2007| isbn= }}</ref> a few blocks from [[Eastland Center (Michigan)|Eastland Mall]].<ref>{{cite news| last= Lacy| first= Eric| title=Alice Cooper talks Detroit, tour with Marilyn Manson |date=June 19, 2013 |website=MLive.com |url=https://www.mlive.com/entertainment/detroit/2013/06/alice_cooper_talks_detroit_tou.html |publisher= |access-date=}}</ref> Cooper attended Kantner Elementary School, recalled watching horror movies at the [[Eastown Theatre]] (where he would later perform),<ref>{{cite news |last=McCollum |first=Brian |title=Cooper Keeps Fresh Air in the Act |work= Detroit Free Press |location= Detroit |date=August 22, 2000 |page=1C | access-date=}}</ref> and local neighborhood trick-or-treating on Halloween, the "biggest night of the year", which he took "very seriously".<ref>{{cite news| last= McCollum| first= Brian| title= Detroit Shock-Rock City |work=Detroit Free Press |location= Detroit| date= March 13, 2012 | page= 2E| access-date=}}</ref> Cooper was active in his church at ages 11 to 12.<ref>Cooper, Alice ''Me: Alice'' (autobiography)</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= Famous Mormons |first=Kaimi |last= Wenger|url=http://timesAndSeasons.org/index.php/2003/12/famous-mormons/ |at=See comment No. 34 |work= TimesAndSeasons.org |date=December 30, 2003 |access-date=August 13, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721212659/http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2003/12/famous-mormons/ |archive-date=July 21, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> Following a series of childhood illnesses, he moved with his family to [[Phoenix, Arizona]], where he attended [[Cortez High School]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://rockhall.com/inductees/alice-cooper/bio/ |title=Alice Cooper Biography |work=[[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame|Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=April 23, 2012 |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20161123011215/https://rockhall.com/inductees/alice-cooper/bio/ |archive-date=November 23, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> In his high school yearbook, his ambition was to be "A million record seller".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/ThriftStoreHauls/comments/6qhpdy/we_got_this_yearbook_at_our_thrift_store_in/|title=We got this yearbook at our thrift store. In flipping through it noticed this guy's senior ambition: "A million seller record". I wondered if he had achieved it. Turns out he did. (Story in comments) • r/ThriftStoreHauls|website=[[Reddit.com]]|date=July 30, 2017 |language=en|access-date=July 31, 2017}}</ref>