Laura Branigan died at home at the age of 52 in her sleep from the effects of a brain haemorrhage. The singer was the late Laura Branigan, the American pop vocalist, songwriter and actress whose award -winning disco style songs played seemingly non-stop over the radio from the early 1980’s into the early 2000’s, and who tragically died in her sleep of a brain aneurysm on August 26, 2004, at the age of 52. In 1994, not long after the release of Over My Heart, Larry Kruteck, Branigans husband (m. For a year she played Janis Joplin in the musical Love, Janis. Laura Branigan left the music industry in 1994 when her husband Larry Kruteck was diagnosed with colon cancer. long after the release of Over My Heart, Larry Kruteck, Branigans husband (m. In 2001, Laura Branigan broke both her legs when she fell from a ladder near her home in Westchester County. Laura Branigan: American singer, songwriter, and actress (1952 - 2004). Laura Branigan left the music industry in 1994 when her husband Larry Kruteck was diagnosed with colon cancer. away from music in 1994 to care for her cancer-stricken husband, who died in 1996. Her single Gloria became an international hit. Find top songs and albums by Laura Branigan including Gloria (Single. She later became a backing singer for Leonard Cohen. In September 1984 she was in the Tipparade with The Lucky One.īranigan, of Italian-Irish descent, studied in New York and worked as a waitress during her studies. Branigan's version became the biggest hit internationally. Branigan affectionately referred to her fans many times as her 'other half.' On the first anniversary of her death in 2005, many fans attended the first 'Laura Branigan Spirit of Love Memorial Gathering' weekend, sponsored by. The original of Self control was by the Italian singer Raff who performed it in the Dutch Tipparade in May 1984. The Tragic True Story of Laura Branigan and Her Husband Sadly She was 52. With Self control she reached the top 40 in the summer of 1984 (11 weeks with the highest position number 7). Her version of Turn the beat around did not make the charts. After the death of her husband, Lawrence Kruteck, in 1996, Branigan stopped performing but returned to the stage in 2001. She is known for her hits Gloria (1982), for which she received a Grammy Award nomination, Self control (1984), the Jennifer Rush cover The power of love and How am I supposed to live without you?. Laura Branigan (JAugust 26, 2004) was an American singer.