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- Because Nikki spent some time away from her mother, he feels she always held that against him. "There was always that resentment that I kind of imprisoned her and the last thing in the world you know," he said. "I wish somebody would have just said, you're not going to heal her, let her be."
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Apr 4, 2024 · That day came on Jan. 4, 2007. Lea Nikki Bacharach died by suicide at the age of 40. In the aftermath, her family released a statement mourning her loss. “She quietly and peacefully committed suicide to escape the ravages to her brain brought on by Asperger’s,” the statement read.
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May 22, 2013 · Bacharach was referring to the painful decision to send her away to a special school. He feels he made the decision because Nikki was not properly diagnosed.
May 22, 2013 · The idea for a memoir came long before Nikki’s death in 2007. Bacharach had Nikki with former wife Angie Dickinson, best known for her role on the seventies drama, “Police Woman.”
Bacharach was referring to the painful decision to send her away to a special school. He feels he made the decision because Nikki was not properly diagnosed.
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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 .
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."
May 22, 2013 · The Inquisitor reports the 84-year-old musician explained his struggles dealing with the premature birth of his daughter Nikki, her life as a misdiagnosed patient with Asperger’s Syndrome and ...
