Joseph Brooks. Photo credits: Ron Galella/WireImage.comTV GuideJoseph Brooks, the songwriter of the Academy Award-winning of the 1970s hit "you Light up my life," apparently committed suicide, CNN reports.
His death comes two years after Brooks was charged in sexual assault on a dozen women and five months after his son, Christopher Brooks, was charged in the death of his former girlfriend in another case.
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Brooks, 73, was found by a friend who was supposed to have lunch with him at his home, the NYPD says CNN. It was near a tank of helium with a tube attached in a dry cleaning bag and a towel wrapped around his head and neck, to the police. He left a suicide note.
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Released in 1977, "you Light up my life" was the theme of a film of the same name song that Brooks was also completed. The Ballad was performed by Kasey Cisyk before the return of Debby Boone climbed to the top of the charts.
Brooks won the Oscar, Golden Globe and Grammy awards for the melody. He has directed two films after You Light Up My Life and more later composed music and wrote lyrics for the stage.
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