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Apr 4, 2024 · They were married in 1965, and had their first and only child, Nikki, a year later. But there were difficulties with the baby from the start. As Dickinson later wrote in Los Angeles Magazine , her water broke three months early and she was in labor for 26 hours.
- Kaleena Fraga
Feb 10, 2023 · In 1965, famed composer Burt Bacharach married actress Angie Dickinson after dating for only 10 weeks (via the Evening Standard). The Hollywood Reporter writes that the pair went on to have one daughter, Lea Nikki Bacharach, in 1966.
- Leslie Veliz
Apr 13, 2012 · Nikki was the only child of Mr Bacharach and Angie Dickinson, 75, his second wife, whom he married in 1965.
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- Final Years
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 was the only child of Burt Bacharach, 77, and Dickinson, 75, who were married from 1965 to 1981. It was the second marriage for both Bacharach, the Oscar-winning composer...
Feb 9, 2023 · Late composer Burt Bacharach became a dad of four kids through his four marriages. Meet Cristopher, Oliver, Raleigh and late daughter Nikki.
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Jul 12, 2015 · Bacharach’s first marriage was to actress Paula Stewart and lasted from 1953 to 1958. He then married another actress, Angie Dickinson, in 1965. Together they had a daughter, Nikki...
