*Irene Cara’s cause of death has been revealed two months after she passed away inside her Florida home at age 63.
The “Flashdance” and “Fame” star reportedly died as a result of hypertension and high cholesterol, TMZ reports, citing docs from the medical examiner in Pinellas County. Irene’s official cause of death is Arteriosclerotic and Hypertensive Cardiovascular Disease. She was diabetic.
Irene passed away in November. At the time, her publicist Judith Moose said in a tweet: “Please share your thoughts and memories of Irene. I’ll be reading each and every one of them and know she’ll be smiling from Heaven. She adored her fans.
“She was a beautifully gifted soul whose legacy will live forever through her music and films.”
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As EUR reported previously via CNN, Cara appeared on TV’s “Electric Company” as a youth before acting as a teen in the movies “Aaron Loves Angela” and “Sparkle.”
Her breakthrough came as Coco Hernandez in the 1980 musical “Fame,” about New York’s High School for the Performing Arts. She had a hit record with that movie’s title song, and another with the ballad “Out Here on My Own.” She was nominated for a Golden Globe and two Grammys that year.
Three years later, Cara co-wrote the lyrics for “Flashdance… What a Feeling,” another radio smash for which she received an Oscar for Best Original Song and a Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female.
She had a few other hits, including “Why Me” and “Breakdance.” She also acted in movies such as “City Heat” with Burt Reynolds and Clint Eastwood, “D.C. Cab” with Mr. T and “Certain Fury” with Tatum O’Neal.
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