Personal Life
Hickenlooper's wife, Helen Thorpe, is a writer whose work has been published in The New Yorker, New York Times Magazine, George, and Texas Monthly. They currently live in Denver's Park Hill neighborhood with their son, Teddy. Upon taking office as Governor, Hickenlooper and his family decided to maintain their private residence instead of moving to the Colorado Governor's Mansion. On July 31, 2012, it was announced that Gov. Hickenlooper and his wife are separating after 10 years of marriage.
Hickenlooper told the Philadelphia Inquirer that he and Thorpe attend Quaker meetings and try to live by Quaker values.
A cousin, George Hickenlooper, was an Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker before his death in late 2010. John made a cameo appearance in George's 2010 film Casino Jack.
Other relatives include Olga Hickenlooper (a.k.a. Olga Samaroff), a concert pianist who was the first wife of conductor Leopold Stokowski, and Bourke Hickenlooper, who served as Governor of Iowa and as U.S. Senator from Iowa.
Hickenlooper appears in Kurt Vonnegut's novel, Timequake.
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