'Gloria' Singer Laura Branigan Dies at 47

[Michael]

Laura Branigan, a Grammy-nominated pop singer best known for her 1982 platinum hit "Gloria," has died. She was 47.

Branigan 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.


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[rincaro]

I used to love her and that song. :(

[Music Girl]

How sad.

Aneurysms scare me....they are so unexpected and sudden.
I know 2 people, young people, who just suddenly keeled over with them.
Scary. :(

[MsRuthieB]

I didn't come here for cryin'
Didn't come here to breakdown
It's just a dream of mine is coming to an end
An how can I blame you
When I built my world around
The hope that someday we'd be so much more than friends
And I don't wanna know the price I'm gonna pay for dreaming
When even now it's more than I can take.

Tell me how am I supposed to live without you
Now that I've been lovin' you so long
How am I supposed to live without you
How am I supposed to carry on
When all that I've been livin' for is gone


Michael Bolton wrote it but she gave it life. Rest in Peace Laura.

[Walter]

Aneurysms scare me....they are so unexpected and sudden.Me too. Of all things, they seem to be one of the most unfair. There was a person in my senior class in highschool who died of one and she was several months pregnant.

Gloria is a great song. :D

[epski]

I get some bad headaches that last for a couple of days sometimes. Now I'm going to become a hypochondriac.

That really sucks for her and her family.