NIKKI BACHARACH, DAUGHTER OF BURT BACHARACH COMMITS SUICIDE

Nikki Bacharach, daughter of Burt Bacharach and Angie Dickinson, committed suicide, the songwriter and actress said in a statement Friday. Nikki Bacharch, 40, had suffered from Asperer’s Disorder, a form of autism. She killed herself on Jan 4 at her condo. She died of suffocation using a plastic bag and helium. 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 of "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head," and "What the World Needs Now is Love," and Dickinson, star of the film "Dressed to Kill" and the TV show "Police Woman."