Co-writer and singer of the iconic “Flashdance…What a Feeling” from the 1983 hit romantic dance drama Flashdance, Irene Cara, has died. She was 63. Cara was found dead in her home in Miami, Florida on Nov. 25, according to her publicist. Her cause of death is unknown at this time.

Born Irene Cara Escalera in Bronx, New York on March 18, 1959, Cara started performing at the age of 5, singing and dancing on Spanish television and performing with her father Gaspar Cara’s mambo band. Cara later starred in the children’s television show The Electric Company from 1971 through 1972 and even on an episode of Kojak and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson before landing her breakout role as dancer Coco Hernandez in the 1980 musical Fame. Cara performed the title song for the film along with the Lesley Gore-penned “Out Here on My Own,” which was also released as a single from the movie.

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