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1:12Now PlayingIrene Cara, Grammy and Oscar award-winning singer, dies at 63 | USA TODAY
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1:12Now PlayingIrene Cara, whose voice led the soundtrack of 1983's "Flashdance," died in her Florida home. A cause of death has not been released.
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News of her death was announced on her official Twitter account by her publicist, Judith A. Moose. Cara died in her Florida home of an unknown cause, the announcement said. "It is with profound sadness that on behalf of her family I announce the death of Irene Cara," Moose wrote. "She was a beautifully gifted soul whose legacy will live forever through her music and films."
Born in New York City, Cara possessed an early talent for music and performance as a finalist in the "Little Miss America" pageant when she was 3 years old. When she was in third grade she appeared on the "Ted Mack Amateur Hour" singing "Ola, Ola, Ola."
Irene Cara, who earned an Oscar for the "Flashdance" title song, "Flashdance... What A Feeling," has died. She was 63.
Before landing an Oscar and Grammy Award for her work on "Flashdance," Cara laid the foundation for her career in the Short Circus band on the 1970s children's show "The Electric Company." Her Broadway debut came at 9 in the original 1968 production of "Maggie Flynn" where she appeared alongside fellow actors Stephanie Mills and Giancarlo Esposito.
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