As per her publicist, the Oscar-winning singer What A Feeling, who played Coco Hernandez in the 1980 movie Fame, passed away at her Florida residence.

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Funeral and memorial ceremonies will be scheduled afterwards; her household has asked privacy.

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Cara has been the youngest of five children and was born in the Bronx, New York, in 1959. She began her career on Spanish-language media.

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Her mother was Cuban-American and her father was Puerto Rican. Irene Cara, 'Fame' and 'Flashdance... What a Feeling' Singer, Dead at 63

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She was selected as the Best Actress at the 1981 Golden Globes thanks to her work.

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What happened to Irene Cara? In the 1980 movie Fame, which starred Coco Hernández, Cara played the lead role. 

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However, Cara gained notoriety in 1980 by portraying Coco Hernández and performing the Fama theme song.

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She received both the Academy Award for Best Original Song and the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.

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She mentioned that the singer's manager and she were planning to continue the projects that Cara was focusing on before she went suddenly.

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In a message uploaded to Kara's own Twitter account early on Saturday morning, media personality Judith Moss shared the sad news that Kara had died suddenly at her Florida residence.

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We shall all remember her as a source of joy in our lives even as we grieve her departure.

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