Submitted by Clem_Doore t3_z5b899 in news
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Bougainville70 t1_ixv3zqm wrote
Too young. What a unique voice. rip.
Zealousideal_Order_8 t1_ixv4am2 wrote
Speaking as a 65 year old, 63 is too damn young to die.
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iforgotmymittens t1_ixv8z5p wrote
You lit up the sky like a flame!
SaraSlaughter607 t1_ixv95z9 wrote
I remember her from music in the early 80s 😔 rest in peace.
autotelica t1_ixv98f2 wrote
Jennifer Beals <> Irene Cara. I hate when editors let mistakes like this fall through the cracks.
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rdnyc19 t1_ixvelxj wrote
It's not a mistake. Cara sang and co-wrote the lyrics for "What a Feeling" from Flashdance, for which she won several awards. If you play the clip in the linked article, it's the music video for the song (which is why Beals is pictured in the video still.)
ManWithYourPlan t1_ixvf0r8 wrote
Insane to think that the 20 something's of the 80s are in their 60s now.
autotelica t1_ixvf7ux wrote
I appreciate the explanation. But I don't think it is too much to ask for them to show a photo of Irene Cara at the top of an article announcing her death. Maybe I am just an old fogey though.
FoamParty916 t1_ixvgnot wrote
Well she did have fame, and that usually lives forever.
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RandomChurn t1_ixvjk41 wrote
Right? "63 is the new 43"
Dr-P-Ossoff t1_ixvk0em wrote
So, icon, wtf did she die of?
_Carol_White_ t1_ixvlj4b wrote
If you click on the title of this post, it will automatically link to an article, published on a different website. Affixing your eyes to the words in the article, assuming your literacy, will enable you to read the article. It is arranged into sentences and paragraphs. Having read the article myself, I am able to inform you that the cause of her death is as yet unknown.
Dr-P-Ossoff t1_ixvm5ce wrote
Thank you for saving me clicks
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NoodlesrTuff1256 t1_ixvnwxj wrote
She had a great voice and was a fairly decent actress so it's surprising that her career kind of petered out after a great start in the early 80s.
NoodlesrTuff1256 t1_ixvo5wu wrote
And that the 80s are now more or less four decades in the past. When I was one of those 20-somethings in the 1980s, 'forty years ago' meant the 1940s and the World War II era.
kstinfo t1_ixvowyq wrote
I posted the link 'cause I thought it belonged here. Then I went back to watch. 5 minutes with an uncontrollable grin on my face. Wow!
SheriffComey t1_ixvshyh wrote
Phew....I'm 44 so I guess that's the new 24.
SheriffComey t1_ixvsqom wrote
Grew up in the 80s and "The War" meant Vietnam. Now it's Iraq or Afghanistan.
BabySuperfreak t1_ixvtj82 wrote
... anyone know her from DC Cab? just me? ok.
Anothergasman t1_ixvtphv wrote
No one tell that dude from the D.C. cab company. He will be devastated.
Really the only place I know Irene Cara from
CatMobster t1_ixvtyaf wrote
Well she made it to heaven, and we will remember her name.
DilatedEyesGuy t1_ixvxv4c wrote
Came here to say this. Tyrone is gonna be heartbroken.
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TheWildTofuHunter t1_ixw4x8x wrote
“It's called reading, you know, top to bottom, left to right. A group of words together is called a sentence. Take Tylenol for any headaches, Midol for any cramps.”
OmegaRainicorn t1_ixw7c0r wrote
Here’s a great live (no lip syncing) performance of Flashdance -What a Feeling. I will always be inspired whenever I hear this song.
Danivelle t1_ixw8mmz wrote
Thank you.
yourdonefor_wt t1_ixwaj90 wrote
Never heard of her. Someone mind explaining alittle who she was?
Redditowork t1_ixwblu5 wrote
Previously on 24…
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bastardofdisaster t1_ixwh9os wrote
"My Dad came back from the war so messed up, he thought he was Jesus. Sent him to an institution for five years when he came out, he didn't think he was Jesus anymore, he thought he was God, which made me Jesus. "
Unable_Competition55 t1_ixwhke5 wrote
That is Irene Cara
WarrenMulaney t1_ixwidg8 wrote
Read the article
groggs42 t1_ixwlumc wrote
OMG it has been so long since I have seen that ! I was surprised to see Rocket Romano in there ! =) If you were a fan of the show ER...you will get a giggle out of seeing him.
Bullmoose39 t1_ixwntdp wrote
She lived a hard life. But she also hard a great voice. She was a talented woman. Dying this young, I wouldn't be surprised if her personal demons had a role. A shame and a loss no matter what, she died too young.
agumonkey t1_ixwo7ca wrote
i have a strange mental bug where the 80s are forever 20 years ago.
TonightOk4122 t1_ixwsc7f wrote
It was y2k. A computer glitch caused time to stop advancing.
i_love_pencils t1_ixwx07b wrote
> Insane to think that the 20 something's of the 80s are in their 60s now.
It’s even more insane when you’re one of them…
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Traherne t1_ixx1jsv wrote
Damn it!
wackywavingarmgumby t1_ixx799m wrote
I was kinda hoping it was the ad with Skeletor: https://youtu.be/nqhLn76kCv0
slippery_eagle t1_ixx9lkc wrote
I'm 49...
agumonkey t1_ixxcgku wrote
matrix confirmed
Imaginary_Medium t1_ixxft0k wrote
61 and remember well when Irene Cara was a young entertainer and am feeling old. Two of my grandparents never made it to my age which feels strange.
ManMadeMyth t1_ixxpfla wrote
You're gonna know my name
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day_tripper t1_ixy83nw wrote
The only teen idol worthy of my adoration.
My heart is broken. This is a farewell I dreaded and now I am in tears.
We imitated you as one of our own. You looked just like us. You were us. We were a handful if skinny brown girls with long kinky hair and a range of eye colors and talents in an Illinois suburb (the same one Shonda Rhimes grew up in) who wanted to be you!
Your voice stays with me.
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Expensive-Track4002 t1_ixys8u4 wrote
My grandparents and parents didn’t make it to my age. 64 and still going. But I don’t smoke or drink.
PRican_Manatee t1_ixytzy7 wrote
I saw her in DC Cab
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zombiegojaejin t1_ixz6cxc wrote
My favorite slow cover, now with extra irony:
nobackup42 t1_ixzff7o wrote
All my grandfolks and my parentens made in well in to the 90’s. Even my mum that smokes 40 a day passed on at 91. Makes me feel secure at 60 with a 6 and an 8 year old That I will see them at least though college.
Imaginary_Medium t1_ixznaqp wrote
Mine were active and had pretty good habits. Leukemia is what took my grandfather in his forties. They didn't have as much to treat it back then. Grandma had a sudden aneurysm while gardening. Just seems to be a short life expectancy on that side of the family. Aunts and uncles went early too. The other side is longer lived but tend to be mad as hatters. Funny how that works sometimes.
Imaginary_Medium t1_ixznqpm wrote
I hope you will and it sounds like longevity does run in your family, so I bet you will :).
meldooy32 t1_ixzwjje wrote
According to an article in Essence magazine, she fought back against a predatory contract with her record label and was blacklisted.
Vladivostokorbust t1_iy1onqo wrote
finally somebody gets me
Sensate60 t1_iy3o9nk wrote
Yep. I am almost 60. This is just sad.
JaggedyEaredJackXI t1_iy3rdtf wrote
And 90's always 10.
c0224v2609 t1_iy4d2d7 wrote
What the fuck.
nobackup42 t1_iyd0s3d wrote
Amazing performer. Taken way to young.
autotelica t1_ixv1yx4 wrote
Well damn. I know she wasn't a huge superstar, but she was an icon to me. Loved her in Fame.