Songwriter Brooks apparently kills himself in NYC
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Police say Grammy-winning songwriter Joseph Brooks is dead of an apparent suicide in his Manhattan apartment.
The 73-year-old Brooks was arrested in 2009 on charges of molesting women lured to his apartment for supposed acting auditions. He pleaded not guilty to rape and other charges, and was awaiting trial. Books won a Grammy and Academy Award for best original song for the 1977 ballad "You Light Up My Life." He wrote and directed the movie of the same name. (AP)
