In 2002 she starred in ''Love, Janis,'' an Off Broadway musical about Janis Joplin. Her songs appeared on soundtracks for the films ''Flashdance'' and ''Ghostbusters,'' but she continued to be most known for ''Gloria,'' her brother said.Īfter her husband, Larry Kruteck, died in 1996, she took a career break. Other hits followed, including ''Solitaire,'' ''How Am I Supposed to Live Without You?'' and ''Self Control,'' and she released seven albums after her debut. It earned her a Grammy nomination for best female pop vocalist, the first of four nominations in her career. It included ''Gloria,'' which became a hit, lasting on the pop charts for 36 weeks. Branigan released her first album, ''Branigan,'' in 1982. The cause was a brain aneurysm, said her brother Mark Branigan.Īfter touring as a backup singer with Leonard Cohen, Ms. Laura Branigan, a singer whose high-volume vocals in the disco song ''Gloria'' propelled her into pop stardom, died in her sleep on Thursday night at her home in East Quogue, N.Y.
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