An acclaimed American tenor who sang at the Met, La Scala and Covent Garden has died, a week after being hospitalized in an apparent suicide attempt.

A family spokeswoman confirmed the death of Jerry Hadley Wednesday at St. Francis Hospital in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

Jerry Hadley performs at the Salzburger Festival, in Salzburg, Austria, in July 1999. He died Wednesday, a week after being found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, say officials.
(Rudi Blaha/Associated Press)

He was taken off life support two days ago.

The 55-year-old singer was found on the floor of his Clinton Corners home by state troopers on July 10, with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, according to officials.

Hadley had filed for bankruptcy and was undergoing treatment for depression. Last year, he was arrested in Manhattan on a charge of driving while intoxicated, but prosecutors later dropped the case.

During a career as a world-class tenor, he sang works ranging from composer John Harbison's The Great Gatsby to Mozart's Cosi fan tutte.