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After decades spent fostering interest in the wild beauty of the universe, “Coop” took his place among the heavens. A fixture at ���Ĵ�ý College and founder and namesake of the Thomas G. Cupillari ’60 Astronomical Observatory, the longtime physics, math and astronomy teacher died Sunday morning after a yearlong battle with cancer, his family said. He was 81.