Marianne Leone Cooper shows support

AccesSport America founder Ross Lilley with his son, Josh, and actor and author, Marianne Leone Cooper. (Handout)

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Boston.com Staff

November 7, 2011

Marianne Leone Cooper was among the guests at AccesSport America’s luncheon at the Boston Harbor Hotel. The writer and actress – she’s one of the nuns in the Farrelly brothers upcoming “Three Stooges’’ flick – talked movingly about her late son Jesse’s involvement with ASA, which uses sports and training to help kids and adults with disabilities. ASA founder Ross Lilley was there with his son Josh, who has cerebral palsy but is an avid windsurfer.

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