# Songwriter Joseph Brooks a suicide at age 73

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songwriter-joseph-brooks-a-suicide-at-age-73/582891>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 23, 2011, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songwriter-joseph-brooks-a-suicide-at-age-73/582891 "2011-05-23T13:33:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songwriter-joseph-brooks-a-suicide-at-age-73/582891/21 "2011-05-24T10:58:32Z")

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> [@Bill\_Door](#):
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> Will I go to hell for thinking if he’d changed his mind at the last minute it would have been the most hilarious 911 call ever?

I’ll go along with you - I promptly stole this thought when the subject came up in my cube not two minutes after I read this, and the reaction was belly laughs all around. Well played!

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songwriter-joseph-brooks-a-suicide-at-age-73/582891/22 "2011-05-24T14:28:01Z")

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> [@Annie-Xmas](#):
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> Hey, at least he went out on a high note!

> [@Drain\_Bead](#):
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> That is the winningest win that ever won.

To give credit where credit is due, it was first posted on Talkin’ Broadway’s All That Chat message board.

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