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Born in Lynchburg, Va. to a wealthy family, he attended school in New York and Paris to study art. In the 1940s, Headley opened his own jewelry boutique in the luxurious Hotel Bel-Air in Los Angeles.

"Art, which I was encouraged to explore as ... a paragon artist and Renaissance man crossing mediums and materials. Exemplifying limitless imagination, Cordelle's oeuvre—encompassing painting ...