Irene Cara, the singer and songwriter of the greats andmusical successes that were part of the soundtrack of the films Fame Y flashdance, passed away this Saturday at his residence in Florida, USAat the age of 63, according to international media reports.
The news was confirmed by his publicist Judith A. Moose via Twitter and pAt the moment the cause of death is unknown, which will bea revealed “when there is informationn available”, according to a note posted by BBC World.
I can’t believe I have to write this, let alone break the news. Please share your thoughts and memories of Irene… yesand that she bea smiling from heaven She adored her fans,” Moose wrote on the singer’s account on that social network.
This is the absolute worst part of being a publicist. I can’t believe I’ve had to write this, let alone release the news. Please share your thoughts and memories of Irene. I’ll be reading each and every one of them and know she’ll be smiling from Heaven. She adored her fans of her. –JM pic.twitter.com/TsC5BwZ3fh
— Irene Cara (@Irene_Cara) November 26, 2022
Cara, born to a Puerto Rican father and a Cuban-American mother, was born in the bronx of New York on March 18, 1959. It was the mostbe smallThe girl of five brothers and began her career in televisionn Hispanic, although she had recorded music when I was a child, both in Spanish and Englishands.
In addition, he appeared in a series of musicals on and off Broadway, the British media reports.
Her leap to stardom occurred in 1980 when she landed the role of Coco Hernández and sang the songmain no of Famethe musical drama was quite a phenomenon at the beginning of that decade, whose plot is centered on the complicated lives of a group of students who attend the High School of Performing Arts in New York.
The interpretation of that character it was worth itor a Best Actress nomination at the 1981 Golden Globes.
maIt’s late, Cara co-wroteoh and sang the voices of «What A Feeling», of the andblockbuster flashdancewith which he won an award grammy for the best performancen Female Pop Vocal in 1983, asi like a Oscar award for the best songn Original one year later, highlights the publication.
This icon of romantic cinema and considered a classic from the 80s, tells the story of a girl from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who has only one dream: to be a professional dancer. In addition to the recognition of the Academy, the film was awarded at the BAFTA and the Golden Globes.
Moose described the artist as a “beautifully gifted soul whose legacy lives ona forever throughands of his music and his moviesbutts».
The publicist also saidandn that Cara had been working on a series of projects when she died, which she and the singer’s manager now plan to end. “She would want that,” Moose said, according to what was published by BBC.
