Irene Cara, who won an Academy Award for 1983′s “Flashdance... What A Feeling” and also sang the title track to “Fame,” died from hypertension and high cholesterol, according to a coroner’s report.

Irene Cara, who won an Academy Award for 1983′s “Flashdance... What A Feeling” and also sang the title track to “Fame,” died from hypertension and high cholesterol, according to a coroner’s report.

Irene Cara, best known for her work acting in '80s movie Fame, in which she also performed the theme song, and for taking home the Oscar for the theme song in 1983's Flashdance, died of high ...

Oscar- and Grammy-winning star Irene Cara died from hypertension and high cholesterol, according to a Thursday report. Cara, who sang the title tracks in “Fame” and “Flashdance,” died at age 63 in ...

Irene Cara, actress and singer, is dead at the age of 63. Best known for her work on theme songs for Fame and Flashdance, the news was shared by Cara’s publicist, Judith Moose, on Twitter. “The ...