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Joseph Brooks, born Joseph Kaplan (March 11, 1938 – May 22, 2011), was an American composer, director, producer, and screenwriter. He was a prolific writer of advertising jingles and wrote the hit songs " My Ship Is Comin' In ", " If Ever I See You Again ", and " You Light Up My Life ", the last for the hit film of the same name that he also ...
May 23, 2011 · There came a point when Joseph Brooks, an Oscar-winning songwriter, apparently decided that life was no longer worth living; his body was discovered on Sunday, with ample evidence of a...
May 24, 2011 · He wrote the song “You Light Up My Life” for the 1977 movie of the same name, which he produced, wrote, directed and scored. The song won him an Oscar, a Grammy and a 10-week run as...
Dec 2, 2014 · GRAMMY-winning songwriter Joseph Brooks committed suicide May 22 in New York. He was 73.
May 22, 2011 · Joseph Brooks, the Academy Award-winning songwriter of “You Light Up My Life” who was awaiting trial on charges of sexually assaulting more than a dozen women, was found dead Sunday of an...
May 27, 2011 · Joseph Brooks, the songwriter behind Debby Boone’s platinum hit ”You Light Up My Life,” was discovered dead of an apparent suicide in his Manhattan home on May 22. He was 73 years old.
May 23, 2011 · Joseph Brooks, the Oscar- and Grammy Award-winning songwriter, has died in an apparent suicide. Brooks, 73, reportedly suffocated himself with a plastic bag hooked up to a helium tank. He is best...
