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Arizona Republic
May 18, 2000

Author: Larry Rodgers

It's 50 candles for Cooper, 51 for Quayle

Alice Cooper has a few miles under his belt. So it was only appropriate that on Wednesday, his 50th birthday, locals suggested a freeway be named after him. Squaw Peak Parkway would become the Alice Cooper Parkway instead of the Ronald Reagan Parkway. "I love the idea," Cooper said, "It's better than having a star on Hollywood Boulevard." Cooper's kids took him to GameWorks at the Arizona Mills Mall in Tempe, and the family went to Avanti's for dinner... Cooper shares his special day with Dan Quayle. "We were separated at birth" Cooper joked...

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