Irene Cara, the Oscar-winning singer for the title songs “Fame” and “Flashdance,” has died at 63 years. He died at his Florida home of an undisclosed cause.
Cara 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.
But she rose to fame when she was cast in the 1980 musical “Fame”. She was initially cast as a dancer, but then they wrote her the role of Coco Hernández and she sang the title song.
He then won a Grammy and an Academy Award in 1984 with the title song for “Flashdance”, la film starring Jennifer Beals as an aspiring dancer.
He continued his dual career in acting and music, appearing in films like “DC Cab” y “City Heat” and various television shows. She has also acted in live theater and musicals.
And a family member says:
“Irene’s family has requested privacy while they process her grief. She was a beautifully gifted soul whose legacy will live on forever through her music and films.”
As of 2016, Irene lived both en New Port Richey, Florida and Santa Fe, New Mexico . Work with your band Hot Caramelwhich he formed in 1999. His album, called Irene Cara Presents Hot Caramel was released on April 4, 2011. Cara appeared on Season 2 of the CMT reality show Gone Country.
Cara married stuntman and film director Conrad Palmisano in Los Angeles, California in April 1986 and they divorced in 1991. He had no children