Joseph Brooks, the Oscar-winning songwriter of 'You Light Up My Life' who was criminated of multiple counts of rape, was found dead in New York of an seeming suicide.
According to the Associated Press, the 73-year-old's body was found out on a sofa in his Upper East Side apartment by a friend on Sunday afternoon. Brooks had a plastic laundry bag tied around his head and a towel winded around his neck, and a hose attached to a helium tank was linked up to the bag. Police also found a suicide note but the contents have not been made public.
In the 1977, Brooks found fame after writing the Debby Boone ballad 'You Light Up My Life' for the film of the same name, which he also wrote, directed and produced. He would go on to win an Academy Award and a Grammy for the song.
In 2009, Brooks reentered the public eye when he was criminated of the rape and sexual abuse of 13 women. He allegedly lured them to his New York City apartment under the pretense of a movie audition, drugged them and harassed them. He pled not guilty and the case had yet to go to trial.
The Brooks family came under even more scrutiny in 2010 when Brooks' 26-year-old son, Nicholas, was charged of murdering his girlfriend, swimsuit designer Sylvie Cachay, in New York's posh Soho House club and hotel. His trial is pending.
According to the Associated Press, the 73-year-old's body was found out on a sofa in his Upper East Side apartment by a friend on Sunday afternoon. Brooks had a plastic laundry bag tied around his head and a towel winded around his neck, and a hose attached to a helium tank was linked up to the bag. Police also found a suicide note but the contents have not been made public.In the 1977, Brooks found fame after writing the Debby Boone ballad 'You Light Up My Life' for the film of the same name, which he also wrote, directed and produced. He would go on to win an Academy Award and a Grammy for the song.
In 2009, Brooks reentered the public eye when he was criminated of the rape and sexual abuse of 13 women. He allegedly lured them to his New York City apartment under the pretense of a movie audition, drugged them and harassed them. He pled not guilty and the case had yet to go to trial.
The Brooks family came under even more scrutiny in 2010 when Brooks' 26-year-old son, Nicholas, was charged of murdering his girlfriend, swimsuit designer Sylvie Cachay, in New York's posh Soho House club and hotel. His trial is pending.
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