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Irene Cara died at her private home in Florida, said her social media publicist, Judith Moose, who announced the news Saturday on Cara's social media account. publicist said the cause of death is "currently unknown."

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Irene Cara 's family has requested privacy over her passing as they grieve," wrote her social media publicist Moose. "She was a beautifully gifted woman whose legacy will live on through her films & music." Will live for."

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Irene Cara was born in New York City united state to a Cuban family. As a child actor, his early forays came from a 1970s children's show called The Electric Company.

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Irene Cara died at her private home in Florida, said her social media publicist, Judith Moose, who announced the news Saturday on Cara's social media account. publicist said the cause of death is "currently unknown."

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He sang a gaana on the title track, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score.

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Cara was remembered by Fame co-star Laura Dean Koch as "a dynamo, a performer who could sing and dance and act well, a triple threat to all of us." Irene was a role model to all of us and I aspired to be like her."

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Laura Dean Koch said that "Irene Cara represented making it into the art of film with music and gave so much excitement and hope and enthusiasm to pursue this art form,"

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