She was the voice of “Fame” and the worldwide hit “Flashdance… What de Feeling”. American artist Irene Cara has died at the age of 63, her agent announced on Saturday. Irene Cara was found dead Friday at her Florida home, her agent Judith Moose said, adding that her cause of death is currently unknown.
The New Yorker “was such a talented figure, whose legacy will live on through his films and music,” he wrote in a statement posted on Twitter. Irene Cara became famous in 1980 with the film “Fame”, where she plays a young student of an art school in New York. She sings the title track there, which will win the Oscar for best film music.
An Oscar for his success
Three years later, he co-wrote “Flashdance… What a feeling”, the key piece of the soundtrack of the film “Flashdance”, in which the actress Jennifer Beals performed a legendary choreography. The song, composed by star DJ Giorgio Moroder who prints his disco touch and sung by Irene Cara, will also win an Oscar. Even today it is sung by millions of people.
Irene Cara rose to fame for her small screen appearances in the 1970s after training in music, singing and dancing in her hometown of New York. If she didn’t find the great success of “Fame” and “Flashdance”, the artist continued to make films such as “DC Cab” and “Haut les flingues! On television and in the theater.
