Joseph Brooks was an American screenwriter, director, producer, and composer. He was born in March 11, 1938 and died recently by suicide on May 22, 2011.
He won an Oscar for his hit song “You Light Up My Life” in 1977 for the film of the same name which was also wrote, directed and produced by himself.
The Oscar winner was found dead on Sunday in East village apartment after an apparent suicide.
Brooks was facing a trail on 82 counts of sexual abuse. The charge brought against him that he raped 11 young women after luring them to his residence with the pretense of giving them movie roles.
In addition his son Nicholas Brooks was also had awaiting trial for allegedly strangling his girlfriend. All these things made Joseph Brooks very upset. He became very much frustrated about his life.
From a report of police we knew that he was found dead by one of his friends. He was 73 years old. His body was found with a suicide note near a helium tank with a hose on it. Police said that his dead body was found in his Upper East Side apartment and there was plastic dry cleaning bag around his head and around his neck there was a towel.
Here some personal information of Joseph Brooks
His brother is Gilbert Kaplan who founded “Institutional Investor” magazine. Brooks and ex-wife Susan Paul have two children. They are Amanda and Nicholas.
Films of Joseph Brooks
Invitation to a weeding (1983)
If Ever I See You Again (1978)
You Light Up My Life (1977)
who is the man in the picture? brooks was living in the upper east side not the east village...
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