Irene Cara, the enduring ’80s singer-actress finest identified for the soundtrack smashes “Fame” and “Flashdance… What a Feeling,” has died. She was 63.
“It’s with profound disappointment that on behalf of he household I announce the passing of Irene Cara,” the singer’s spokesperson mentioned in a statement early Saturday. “The Academy Award-winning actress, singer, songwriter and producer handed away in her Florida dwelling. Her reason for dying is presently unknown and might be launched when info is out there.
“Irene’s household has requested privateness as they course of their grief,” the rep added. “She was a superbly gifted soul whose legacy will dwell without end by means of her music and movies. Funeral companies are pending and a memorial for her followers might be deliberate at a future date.”
Along with singing the title sing for 1980’s Fame, Cara additionally starred within the movie as Coco Hernandez.
“Flashdance… What a Feeling”, which Cara co-wrote with Giorgio Moroder and Keith Forsey for 1983’s Flashdance, earned Cara an Oscar for Greatest Authentic Track in 1983.
“This is absolutely the worst a part of being a publicist,” her rep lamented on Twitter early Saturday earlier than sharing the aforementioned assertion. “I can’t consider I’ve needed to write this, not to mention launch the information. Please share your ideas and recollections of Irene. I’ll be studying each one in all them and know she’ll be smiling from Heaven. She adored her followers.”
