Unhappy discover on a Thanksgiving weekend. Irene Cara has died at age 63, per her publicist. The Oscar-winning singer was greatest recognized for the Flashdance theme “What A Feeling” and for starring in Fame and singing that movie’s unforgettable title music. Her explanation for demise hasn’t but been divulged.

Cara obtained her Oscar for Greatest Authentic Track for the Flashdance tune “What A Feeling,” and likewise gained two Grammys for a vigorous chart topper that completely captured the underdog journey of the welder-turned-dancer performed by Jennifer Beals.

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Wrote Cara’s publicist Judith A. Moose on Twitter, “It’s with profound unhappiness that on behalf of her household I announce the passing of Irene Cara. The Academy Award successful actress, singer, songwriter, and producer handed away in her Florida residence. Her explanation for demise is presently unknown and will probably be launched when info is on the market.”

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Cara catapulted to stardom when she starred within the Alan Parker-directed musical Fame a few group of numerous teenagers attending New York Metropolis’s Excessive College of the Performing Arts. The title music gained an Oscar for Authentic Track whereas the movie took Authentic Rating. Cara later solidified her place as an 80s icon with “Flashdance… What A Feeling,” which gained the Oscar for Authentic Track with Cara as lyricist.

Her Grammy wins included Greatest Pop Vocal Efficiency, Feminine and Greatest Album Of Authentic Rating Written For A Movement Image Or A Tv Particular, each for “What A Feeling.”

Born in New York Metropolis, Cara started on Spanish-language tv singing and dancing. She moved on to the networks with appearances on “The Authentic Newbie Hour,” “The Ed Sullivan Present,” and “The Tonight Present” with Johnny Carson. She did numerous on and off Broadway productons, together with “Ain’t Misbehavin” and the Obie Award-winning musical ‘The Me No person Is aware of.”

She moved on to turn into part of “The Electrical Firm,” a kids’s academic present the place she participated as a member of the group “The Brief Circus,” educating kids about grammar by music.

Publish-“Fame” and “Flashdance,” she appeared in quite a few tv reveals and appeared worldwide in live performance.