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Irene Cara

American singer and actress (1959–2022)

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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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.

Early life

Irene Cara Escalera was born and raised in the Bronx, New York City, the youngest of five children.^[8]^[12] Her father, Gaspar Cara, a steel fac