* LAURA BRANIGAN * "SELF CONTROL" CERTIFIED GOLD RECORD
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WE ARE SORRY TO REPORT THAT LAURA DIED SUDDENLY ON AUG. 26, 2004 AD.
ATLANTIC 80147-1 CERTIFIED GOLD RECORD
RIAA SALES AWARD
LAURA BRANIGAN "SELF CONTROL" 1984
PRESENTED TO
DAVE GLEW TO COMMEMORATE THE SALE OF MORE THAN 500,000 COPIES OF THE ATLANTIC RECORDS, LONG PLAYING RECORD ALBUM "SELF CONTROL"
LAURA BRANIGAN , A GRAMMY-NOMINATED POP SINGER BEST KNOWN FOR HER 1982 PLATINUM HIT "GLORIA", HAS DIED. SHE WAS 47 .
LAURA DIED OF A BRAIN ANEURYSM THURSDAY IN HER SLEEP AT HER HOME IN EAST QUOGUE, SAID HER BROTHER MARK BRANIGAN. HE SAID SHE HAD COMPLAINED TO A FRIEND OF A HEADACHE FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS BEFORE SHE DIED, BUT HAD NOT SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION.
"GLORIA" A SIGNATURE SONG FROM HER DEBUT ALBUM "BRANIGAN," STAYED ATOP THE POP CHARTS FOR 36 WEEKS AND EARNED HER A GRAMMY NOMINATION FOR BEST FEMALE POP VOCALIST, THE FIRST OF FOUR NOMINATIONS IN HER CAREER.
SHE ALSO MADE TELEVISION APPEARANCES, INCLUDING GUEST SPOTS ON "CHIPS", AND IN THE FILMS "MUGSY'S GIRLS" AND "BACKSTAGE."
LAURA RELEASED SEVEN ALBUMS AFTER HER DEBUT "BRANIGAN," INCLUDING "SOLITAIRE," "SELF CONTROL," AND "HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO LIVE WITHOUT YOU," WHICH WAS CO-WRITTEN WITH MICHAEL BOLTON. HER SONGS ALSO APPEARED IN SOUNDTRACKS FOR THE FILMS"FLASHDANCE" AND "GHOSTBUSTERS."
LAURA WAS BORN JULY 3,1957 , AND GREW UP IN BREWSTER, N.Y..SHE ATTENDED THE ACADEMY OF DRAMATIC ARTS IN MANHATTAN. DURING THE LATE 1970s, SHE TOURED AS A BACKING VOCALIST FOR CANADIAN SINGER AND SONGWRITER LEONARD COHEN. SHE SIGNED AS AN ARTIST WITH ATLANTIC RECORDS IN 1982.
AFTER HER RUN OF SUCCESS IN THE 1980s, HER RELEASES IN THE EARLY 1990s ATTRACTED LITTLE ATTENTION. IN 1994 , SHE SANG A DUET WITH DAVID HASSELHOFF CALLED "I BELIEVE" FOR THE SOUNDTRACK OF THE TELEVISION SHOW "BAYWATCH." SHE RELEASED A 13 "BEST OF BRANIGAN" LP THE NEXT YEAR.
AFTER THE DEATH OF HER HUSBAND, LAWRENCE KRUTECK, IN 1996 LAURA STOPPED PERFORMING & RETURNED TO THE STAGE IN 2001. IN 2002 SHE STARRED AS JANIS JOPLIN IN THE OFF BROADWAY MUSICAL "LOVE,JANIS," WHICH EARNED HER RAVE REVIEWS.
LAURA RECENTLY HAD BEEN WORKING ON MATERIAL FOR A NEW RELEASE.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER MOTHER, TWO BROTHERS AND A SISTER. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY, AUG 29,2004.
