{"id":139923,"date":"2022-11-26T12:53:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-26T12:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/irene-cara-oscar-winning-singer-of-title-tracks-to-flashdance-fame-dies-at-63-rep-says\/"},"modified":"2022-11-26T12:53:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-26T12:53:00","slug":"irene-cara-oscar-winning-singer-of-title-tracks-to-flashdance-fame-dies-at-63-rep-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/irene-cara-oscar-winning-singer-of-title-tracks-to-flashdance-fame-dies-at-63-rep-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Irene Cara, Oscar-winning singer of title tracks to ‘Flashdance,’ ‘Fame’ dies at 63, rep says"},"content":{"rendered":"
Irene Cara, the Oscar-winning singer of the title tracks to “Fame” and “Flashdance,” has died at age 63, her publicist announced late Friday.<\/p>\n
Cara died in her Florida home of an undisclosed cause.<\/p>\n
Every publicist confirmed her death to Eyewitness News.<\/p>\n
“It is with profound sadness that on behalf of her family I announce the passing of Irene Cara,” publicist Judith A. Moose wrote.<\/p>\n
Cara was trained in music, dance and acting as a child and appeared on stage and on television, including appearances on PBS and on Johnny Carson’s “The Tonight Show,” at a young age in the 1970s.<\/p>\n
But she rocketed to fame when she was cast in the 1980 musical “Fame.” She was initially cast as a dancer but then had the role of Coco Hernandez written for her and she sang the title track.<\/p>\n
She was nominated for two Grammys after “Fame,” for Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Artist.<\/p>\n