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 == Biography ==
-Cooke was born in Vermont in 1949 and has one sister (a retired university professor) and two grown children. <ref>In A Class All His Own.”</ref>  His father was a biology teacher with exceptional DIY skills which the his son would inherit, later building his own house from scratch. <ref>“Tesla” and “In A Class All His Own.”</ref>  As a child, J. T. experienced recurring high fevers from severe bouts of strep throat. In the interview with David M., he attributes his sickliness not only with developing his imagination but with giving him a certain existential outlook on life: “I had a certain appreciation for trying to enjoy every day because I never knew if it was going to be my last [which] gave me a certain amount of license to experiment and live life and pursue what I wanted to pursue, because nobody is guaranteed tomorrow.” <ref>“In A Class All His Own.”</ref>
+Cooke was born in Connecticut in 1949 and has one sister (a retired university professor) and two grown children. <ref>In A Class All His Own.”</ref>  His father was a biology teacher with exceptional DIY skills which the his son would inherit, later building his own house from scratch. <ref>“Tesla” and “In A Class All His Own.”</ref>  As a child, J. T. experienced recurring high fevers from severe bouts of strep throat. In the interview with David M., he attributes his sickliness not only with developing his imagination but with giving him a certain existential outlook on life: “I had a certain appreciation for trying to enjoy every day because I never knew if it was going to be my last [which] gave me a certain amount of license to experiment and live life and pursue what I wanted to pursue, because nobody is guaranteed tomorrow.” <ref>“In A Class All His Own.”</ref>
 In 1972, Cooke graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration. <ref>Email to Mark Irwin, January 3, 2022.</ref>  It is worth mentioning that this prestigious school, which has a steep 27% acceptance rate, includes alumni like David Burne of the Talking Heads, actor James Franco, authors Chris Van Allsburg and Brian Selznick (both Caldecott Medalists), and film maker Gus Van Sant among others. <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhode_Island_School_of_Design</ref> Cooke is undoubtedly RISD’s only artisan pipe-maker.