Irene Cara
American singer and actress (1958–2022) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Irene Cara Escalera (March 18, 1959[note 1] – November 25, 2022) was an American singer and actress[13] who rose to prominence for her role as Coco Hernandez in the 1980 musical film Fame, and for recording the film's title song "Fame", which reached No. 1 in several countries. In 1983, Cara co-wrote and sang the song "Flashdance... What a Feeling" (from the film Flashdance), for which she shared an Academy Award for Best Original Song and won a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 1984.
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Born | Irene Cara Escalera (1959-03-18)March 18, 1959 New York City, U.S. |
Died | November 25, 2022(2022-11-25) (aged 63) Largo, Florida, U.S. |
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Years active | 1965–2011[1][2] |
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Website | irenecara |
Before her success with Fame, Cara portrayed the title character Sparkle Williams in the original 1976 musical drama film Sparkle. Cara died as a result of hypertensive heart disease after hypercholesterolemia at age 63.