“What a feeling” – “Flashdance” singer Irene Cara is dead
Born in 1959 in the Bronx, New York: Irene Cara. She was 63 years old
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A song from a dance film was her biggest hit: in the early 1980s, singer and actress Irene Cara suddenly became famous. Now the 63-year-old died in Florida, the cause of death is still unknown.
DThe American singer and actress Irene Cara is dead. The performer of the 1980s hits “Fame” and “Flashdance … What a Feeling” died at her home in Florida, according to her agent.
The cause of death is still unknown and will be released later, agent Judith Moose said in a statement on the artist’s website. on twitter and in US media. The news had already spread across the internet.
The family is currently requesting privacy, Moose wrote, calling Cara a “wonderfully blessed soul whose legacy will forever live on in her music and films.” Cara was 63 years old.
In 2001 there was another edition – with DJ Bobo
Born in 1959 in the Bronx, New York, the artist appeared early on in US television and theater. After the first minor successes with “Sparkle – Der Weg zum Star” and in the miniseries “Roots” she made her breakthrough in 1980 with the leading role of Coco in “Fame” and as the singer of the Oscar-winning title song.
For the hit “What a Feeling” from the music and dance film “Flashdance” (1983), written together with Italo-Disco producer Giorgio Moroder and Keith Forsey, she won an Oscar, a Golden Globe and a Grammy Award.
After that they didn’t get any bigger hits. In 2001, however, a new recording with DJ Bobo made it into the German charts.