Fame & Flashdance Singer Irene Cara Dead At 63

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Irene Cara, the award-winning artist best known for singing the title tracks for the films Flashdance and Fame, has died.

She was 63 years old. Her publicist, Judith A. Moose, confirmed the sad news of her passing in a statement shared on the star’s Twitter on Saturday morning.

She wrote: Related: Offset Says He’s ‘Missing Everything’ About Takeoff In Tribute To Late Rapper Irene’s cause of death is unknown at this time, but the rep mentioned it will be released once the “information is available.” Judith also lamented in the post: And when someone asked in the comments if it was “true” that Irene died, the publicist responded that she and the musician’s business manager found out “a few hours ago”: In case you didn’t know, Irene’s breakout moment came when she starred as Coco Hernandez in the 1980 musical movie Fame and sang the title track and Out Here on My Own.

Both songs were nominated for best original song at the Academy Awards, with Fame taking home the prize. She also received two nominations for best new artist and best female pop vocal performance at the 23rd annual Grammy Awards in 1981.