Irene Cara passed away at her home in Largo, Florida, on November 25, 2022, at age 63. But, her cause of death is yet to be revealed.
Cara’s Publicist Judith A. Moose announced her death via her official Twitter page.
“It is with profound sadness that on behalf of her family I announce the passing of Irene Cara”.
According to Moose, she passed away at her Florida home. Her cause of death is “currently unknown” and will be released when information is available”.
Irene Cara Escalera was an American singer and actress.
Born March 18, 1959, in the Bronx, New York City, Cara was the youngest of five children and commenced her career on Spanish-language TV. Irene’s father was Puerto Rican and her mother was Cuban-American.
Having recorded music as a child, both in Spanish and English, she went on to appear in several on-and-off Broadway musicals.
However, it was in 1980 that Cara shot to fame when she earned the role of Coco Hernandez – and sang Fame’s title track.
Cara co-wrote and sang the song Flashdance…What a Feeling, through which she won an Academy Award for Best Original Song and a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 1984.
Flashdance went on to emerge as the third-highest-grossing film of 1983. Her performance earned her a Best Actress nomination at the 1981 Golden Globe Awards.
In March 2004, Cara received two honors with an induction into the Ciboney Cafe’s Hall of Fame and a Lifetime Achievement Award presented at the sixth annual Prestige Awards.