Self Control

August 29, 2004 12:33 AM

Was it something in her head?Singer Laura Branigan dead of a brain anuerysm. Conspiracy theorists note - actress Sunny Johnson, who ice-skated to "Gloria" in the film Flashdance, died of the same ailment in 1984.
posted by Oriole Adams (16 comments total)

Laura, Laura, Bo-Baura,
Banana-Fana-Fo-Faura,
Fe-Fi Mo Maura,
Laura!
posted by benzo8 at 1:33 AM on August 29, 2004

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posted by geekyguy at 7:56 AM on August 29, 2004

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posted by amberglow at 7:59 AM on August 29, 2004

Me-Fi No Mo' Lau-ra.
posted by stonerose at 8:13 AM on August 29, 2004

Was it something in her head?

Ouch.

Poor taste... you could at least wait for her body to get cold.
posted by Ynoxas at 8:36 AM on August 29, 2004

I just got an email from someone claiming to know Sunny Johnson that claims she died in an airplane crash and that somehow IMDB has it wrong.
posted by geekyguy at 10:40 AM on August 29, 2004

I saw Laura Branigan at a music festival in the early 90s, long after her seeming glory days. Say what you will for her one-hit-wonderfulness, but on stage she was a person who loved performing and loved the people who bothered to listened. So for that rare quality, I'll miss her.
posted by grabbingsand at 11:52 AM on August 29, 2004

she also played at Gay Pride festivals all over too. : >
posted by amberglow at 12:14 PM on August 29, 2004

Was it something in her head?

I think the lyric is -actually-:

Was is something that he said?
All the voices in your head
posted by dryad at 2:50 PM on August 29, 2004

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posted by Joey Michaels at 6:00 PM on August 29, 2004

"Gloria." What self-respecting homo who came out in the eighties didn't dance to that one?!

Love the voice and am sad to hear the news...
posted by sillygit at 6:01 PM on August 29, 2004

"Conspiracy theorists note - actress Sunny Johnson, who ice-skated to "Gloria" in the film Flashdance, died of the same ailment in 1984"

In related news, my mother suffered a brain aneurysm in 1981 but did not die, and she has been known to eat at Bennigan's and likes sunny days.

So there you have it.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 9:42 AM on August 30, 2004

Crash, you are a sick, sick man.
posted by Dreama at 11:20 AM on August 30, 2004

Well...bummer. I'd gotten to see her in Love, Janis and had heard rumors that she was pulling together a torch song album which I would have loved to hear. Also, damn... it freaks me out when something that killed my grandmother kills someone that's only a decade or so older than I am. I'd just as soon not have to consider my own mortality please.
posted by dejah420 at 11:59 AM on August 30, 2004

I saw Laura Branigan in concert at a tiny little venue in Cape Cod in the 80s, and have always had a soft spot for her since. Hey, she shook a little girl's hand, and nicely - it worked for me.

I also just hate hearing about brain aneurysms - really creeps me out. :(
posted by livii at 12:15 PM on August 30, 2004

thirtysomethingfilter ;)
posted by Satapher at 12:50 PM on August 30, 2004