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- Songwriter Burt Bacharach is mourning the death of his only daughter with actress Angie Dickinson after she committed suicide at the age of 40. Nikki Bacharach, who had spent years battling the brain disorder Asperger's syndrome, took her own life on Thursday night at her apartment in Thousand Oaks, California.
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Apr 4, 2024 · Lea Nikki Bacharach, the daughter of Burt Bacharach And Angie Dickinson, had Asperger's syndrome and died in 2007 at the age of 40 by suicide. All That's Interesting history
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Feb 10, 2023 · In early January 2007, Burt Bacharach and Angie Dickinson (seen above) announced that their daughter, Lea Nikki Bacharach, had died (via The Hollywood Reporter ). In a statement, Burt and Dickinson revealed, "She quietly and peacefully committed suicide to escape the ravages to her brain brought on by Asperger's."
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This article is about the life of Lea Nikki, daughter of actress Angie Dickinson and musician Burt Bacharach. It details her premature birth, undiagnosed mental illness (Asperger's syndrome), institutionalization at the Constance Bultman Wilson Center in Minnesota, final years and death by suicide at 40 years old.
The only daughter of actress Angie Dickinson and musician Burt Bacharach dealt with a severe mental illness, but it was a psychiatry’s comment about her mother’s fate that placed her in a downward spiral of fear she could never get out of.
Their daughter Lea Nikki was born three months prematurely and weighed only one pound ten ounces at birth. She made it out of the hospital after three months, but before her first birthday, they started noticing some worrying signs.
Although their daughter had developmental issues like strabismus and didn't speak until she was three years old, she excelled in physical activities like gymnastics and piano playing. It wasn't until the early 90s that Asperger's syndrome became widely recognized as an illness.
When Nikki was 14 years old, they sent her to the Constance Bultman Wilson Center in Minnesota for 10 years which turned out to be the worst decision ever made as hospitalization is not prescribed treatment for Asperger's syndrome.
While at Wilson center psychiatrists tried to turn Nikki into someone else which resulted in devastating consequences such as cutting off hair due to convenience or wrecking cars while driving under pressure from psychiatrists .
After being diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome by UCLA ,Nikki died by suicide at 40 yrs old due to loud noises causing fear of death of mother .
Jan 6, 2007 · Nikki Bacharach, daughter of songwriter Burt Bacharach and actress Angie Dickinson, died by suicide, Bacharach and Dickinson said in a statement Friday. Nikki Bacharach, 40,...
The Tragic Story of Burt Bucharach & Angie Dickinson’s Daughter. Lea Nikki Bacharach was the daughter of famous songwriter and actress Angie Dickinson. Nikki grappled with symptoms related to ...
May 22, 2013 · Daughter and mother: Burt's daughter Nikki, left, and his ex-wife Angie Dickinson shown together before Nikki's suicide in 2007. She was placed at a psychiatric treatment facility in...
May 22, 2013 · Bacharach had Nikki with former wife Angie Dickinson, best known for her role on the '70s TV drama Police Woman. "(Nikki) was one pound, 10 ounces at birth, you should know the deck is stacked ...
