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i cannot believe the singer-songwriter Irene Cara is gone. she really told us, in 1980, that she was gonna live forever. and i was young enough to believe 
Irene Cara was a beacon for me — for so many of us — In "Fame," she was singing and dancing in the literal streets of NYC and going tenaciously after what she wanted — a creative life
i have no prepared thoughts about Irene Cara — just snatches of things. like, i literally just mentioned her in my Playlists newsletter *yesterday* view.flodesk.com/emails/638128e…
1. I want to mourn the loss of #IreneCara. For those of us who came of age when FAME was released, she was the star we wanted to be when we grew up.
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2. She was a legit triple threat: dancing in the classic “the darker the berry, the sweeter the juice” scene AND giving a brilliant/real/devastating performance when she is manipulated into exposing herself to a photographer. And, of course, that voice.
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3. She should have done film after film and, of course, more Broadway. She did become a legit pop star and her music will live on. I never met her, but, boy, did she influence me and so many of my generation.
Here she is singing the title song she will always be associated with-
Here she is singing the title song she will always be associated with-
