Irene Cara
News of Irene Cara's death, aged 63, broke on Saturday, November 26. The actress who became famous for Saranno Famosi and Flashdance died under "still unknown" circumstances, according to what her press office reported, and the family has expressly asked for confidentiality in this period of pain: "She was a talented soul, whose legacy will live on forever in music and film,” their official statement read. In fact, upon the news of her passing, millions of fans around the world came together in the memory of what was a true generational icon.Cara became famous in 1980 in the role of Coco Hernandez in the film Fame, translated into Italian as Saranno Famosi, of which she also recorded the soundtrack of the same name, a song that reached number one in many countries around the world. In 1983, the actress and singer repeated her success by being the co-author and interpreter of Flashdance… What a Feeeling , taken from the soundtrack of the film Flashdance , which the following year earned her an Oscar for Best Original Song and a Grammy for Best female pop performance.
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Born on March 18, 1959 in the Bronx, New York, into a family of African, Cuban and Puerto Rican origins, Irene Cara began her career in show business very early by performing on Spanish-language television broadcasts, participating in beauty contests and appearing on prestigious programs such as Johnny Carson's Tonight Show. Before and after the exploits of Fame and Flashdance , he participated in productions such as Sparkle (the musical about the Supremes), Kojak, Roots, Please... don't save my life anymore with Clint Eastwood and Burt Ryenolds, Snow White: And they lived happily happy . Meanwhile she continued her recording career by recording several albums.
Although she never returned to the fame and hype achieved in the early 1980s, Irene Cara remained as a symbol of talent and empowerment in a time when it was still very difficult for non-white female artists to establish themselves in Hollywood and on television: she was the first Spanish-African American actress to win an Oscar in a category other than acting. In these hours, many stars such as Jennifer Beals (the protagonist of Flashdance), Mariah Carey, Lenny Kravitz, Yvette Nicole Brown and many others mourn her shining example and her career which has broken various barriers of the imagination.
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