# Laura Branigan dies at 47
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laura-branigan-dies-at-47/262077
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [August 29, 2004, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laura-branigan-dies-at-47/262077 "2004-08-29T11:05:41Z")
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### Author:  [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2004, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laura-branigan-dies-at-47/262077/1 "2004-08-29T11:05:41Z")
[Link](http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/29/obit.branigan.ap/index.html)
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> EAST QUOGUE, New York (AP) – Laura Branigan, a Grammy-nominated pop singer best known for her 1982 platinum hit “Gloria,” has died. She was 47.
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> Branigan died Thursday at home in her sleep, said her manager, John Bowers. He would not disclose the cause, although her official Web site listed it as a brain aneurysm.
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> “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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### Author:  [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2004, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laura-branigan-dies-at-47/262077/2 "2004-08-29T11:14:35Z")
:smack:
Sorry, didn’t see the other thread…