(Two articles)
Joseph Brooks, the Oscar-winning composer of "You Light Up My Life" who was awaiting trial for rape while his son faced a murder trial, killed himself Sunday in his Upper East Side apartment.
Brooks, 73, was found dead with a plastic dry cleaning bag over his head and a towel wrapped around his head and neck near a hose attached to a tank of helium gas. ...
Brooks was arrested in 2009 on charges of raping 11 young actresses whom he lured to his apartment with the promise of movie roles. He was awaiting trial on 82 counts of sexual abuse. ...
More (w/frog march photo):
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2011/05/22/2011-05-22_you_light_up_my_life_songwriter_kills_self.html
... Separately, his son Christopher Brooks had been charged in the death of his former girlfriend [Sylvie Cachay], a swimsuit designer. He faced 25 years in prison. ...
More (w/Oscar photo):
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/05/22/police-songwriter-for-you-light-up-my-life-found-dead-in-suicide/
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