She began returning to performing in the early 2000s, most notably appearing as Janis Joplin in the off-Broadway musical Love, Janis. Her chart success began to wane as the decade closed and after her last two albums Laura Branigan (1990) and Over My Heart (1993) garnered little attention, she generally retired from public life for the rest of the 1990s. In 1985, she won the Tokyo Music Festival with the song ' The Lucky One'.

She also contributed songs to motion picture and television soundtracks, including the Grammy and Academy Award-winning Flashdance soundtrack (1983), and the Ghostbusters soundtrack (1984), and also Miami Vice (1984). 2 hit ' Ti amo' (1984), her return to the top 40 ' The Power of Love' (1987), the top hit 15 dance ' Shattered Glass.' Her most successful album was 1984's platinum-selling Self Control. AC chart number one ' How Am I Supposed to Live Without You' (1983), the Australian No. Seeing her greatest level of success in the 1980s, Branigan's other singles included the Top 10 hit ' Solitaire' (1983), the U.S. She also had success in the United Kingdom with both 'Gloria' and 'Self Control' making the Top 10 in the UK Singles Chart. 4 hit ' Self Control', which was released by Italian singer and songwriter RAF, the same year. In 1984, she reached number one in Canada and Germany with the U.S. Gloria original version was by Italian singer songwriter Umberto Tozzi and reached great success in Italy and Europe in 1979. It also reached number one in Australia and Canada. Billboard Hot 100 for 36 weeks, then a record for a female artist, peaking at No. Her signature song, the platinum-certified 1982 single ' Gloria', stayed on the U.S. Funeral services were scheduled for Monday.Laura Ann Branigan (J вЂ“ August 26, 2004) was an American singer, songwriter, and actress.

She is survived by her mother, two brothers and a sister.

In 2002 she starred as Janis Joplin in the off-Broadway musical вЂњLove, Janis,вЂќ which earned her rave reviews.Д«ranigan recently had been working on material for a new release. In 1994, she sang a duet with David Hasselhoff called вЂњI BelieveвЂќ for the soundtrack of the television show вЂњBaywatch.вЂќ She released a 13-track вЂњBest of BraniganвЂќ LP the next year.ДЄfter the death of her husband, Lawrence Kruteck, in 1996, Branigan stopped performing but returned to the stage in 2001. She signed as a solo artist with Atlantic Records in 1982.ДЄfter her run of success in the 1980s, her releases in the early 1990s attracted little attention. During the late 1970s, she toured Europe as a backing vocalist for Canadian singer and songwriter Leonard Cohen. She attended the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Manhattan. Her songs also appeared on soundtracks for the films вЂњFlashdanceвЂќ and вЂњGhostbusters.вЂќД«ranigan was born July 3, 1952, and grew up in Armonk, N.Y. She also made television appearances, including guest spots on вЂњCHiPs,вЂќ and in the films вЂњMugsyвЂ™s GirlsвЂќ and вЂњBackstage.вЂќД«ranigan released seven albums after her debut вЂњBranigan,вЂќ including вЂњSolitaire,вЂќ вЂњSelf Control,вЂќ and вЂњHow Am I Supposed to Live Without You,вЂќ which was co-written with Michael Bolton. вЂњGloria,вЂќ a signature song from her debut album вЂњBranigan,вЂќ stayed on 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. He said she had complained to a friend of a headache for about two weeks before she died, but had not sought medical attention. She was 52.Д«ranigan died of a brain aneurysm Thursday in her sleep at her home in East Quogue, said her brother Mark Branigan. Laura Branigan, a Grammy-nominated pop singer best known for her 1982 platinum hit вЂњGloria,вЂќ has died. A corrected version of the story is below:

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