caption death_date death_place birth_place image_size birth_date spouse image article_title name occupation
john dean `` jeff '' cooper 25 september 2006 paulden , arizona , u.s. los angeles , california , u.s. 200 10 may 1920 janelle cooper coljeffcooper.jpg jeff cooper
 john dean `` jeff '' cooper u.s. marine , firearms instructor , writer
jeff cooper

john dean `` jeff '' cooper -lrb- may 10 , 1920 -- september 25 , 2006 -rrb- was a united states marine , the creator of the `` modern technique '' of handgun shooting , and an expert on the use and history of small arms .
