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Burt Bacharach opens up about daughter's suicide
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- She committed suicide in 2007 at age 40
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NEW YORK (AP) — Burt Bacharach knew writing a memoir would be emotional — not because of his never-heard backstage tales or his tumultuous marriages. He knew that being honest would force him to come to terms with the death of his daughter.
"It was very tough because I had to revisit what that period was and go deeper into it," he said of his daughter Nikki's premature birth, years of emotional issues, and eventual suicide at the age of 40.
The 84-year-old award-winning music composer of such classics as I'll Never Fall in Love Again, the Oscar-winning Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head, and The Carpenters' (They Long to Be) Close to You, understood that baring his deep, dark secrets was essential to his recently released autobiography, Anyone Who Had a Heart: My Life and Music (Harper).
The idea for a memoir came long before Nikki's death in 2007. Bacharach had Nikki with former wife Angie Dickinson, best known for her role on the '70s TV drama Police Woman.
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Burt Bacharach, one of pop's greatest songwriters, dies aged 94
Music correspondent, BBC News
One of pop music's greatest composers, Burt Bacharach, has died aged 94.
He wrote enduring hits like I Say A Little Prayer, Walk On By and What The World Needs Now Is Love.
Along with lyricist Hal David, he also wrote numerous movie themes including What's New Pussycat?, Alfie and The Look Of Love - a major hit for Dusty Springfield.
Another collaborator, Dionne Warwick, said the songwriter's death was like "losing a family member".
Bacharach died on Wednesday at home in Los Angeles of natural causes, his publicist Tina Brausam said.
Known for his airborne melodies and sumptuous orchestral arrangements, Bacharach was one of the most important songwriters of the 20th Century.
Over his career, he scored more than 50 chart hits in the US and UK, with artists including Warwick, Frank Sinatra, The Beatles, Barbra Streisand, Tom Jones, Aretha Franklin and Elvis Costello all recording his songs.
His most popular songs included:
- Magic Moments - Perry Como
- I Say A Little Prayer - Aretha Franklin
- I'll Never Fall In Love Again - Dionne Warwick
- The Look of Love - Dusty Springfield
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