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Irene Cara's cause of death revealed

<p>The cause of death for Grammy Award-winning singer Irene Cara has finally been revealed, two months after her tragic death. </p> <p>According to TMZ, Irene died as a result of hypertension and high cholesterol, with medical documents listing her official cause of death as Arteriosclerotic and Hypertensive Cardiovascular Disease.</p> <p>Cara passed away on November 26th 2022 at her home in Florida at the age of 63. </p> <p>Her publicist, Judith Moose, <a href="https://oversixty.com.au/entertainment/music/irene-cara-passes-away-aged-63" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced her death</a> on Twitter, writing to her legions of fans, "This is the absolute worst part of being a publicist. I can't believe I've had to write this, let alone release the news."</p> <p>"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."</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">This is the absolute worst part of being a publicist. I can't believe I've had to write this, let alone release the news. 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. - JM <a href="https://t.co/TsC5BwZ3fh">pic.twitter.com/TsC5BwZ3fh</a></p> <p>— Irene Cara (@Irene_Cara) <a href="https://twitter.com/Irene_Cara/status/1596392865948499968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 26, 2022</a></p></blockquote> <p>Irene was most famously known for her song <em>What a Feeling</em> from the 1983 film <em>Flashdance</em>, earning herself both Oscar and Golden Globe for Best Original Song, and she also scored a Grammy award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.</p> <p>Actress Jennifer Beals, who played the starring role in <em>Flashdance</em>, was among the many celebrities to pay tribute to Cara upon hearing news of her death.</p> <blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/ClbsxMBPW8x/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"> </div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"> <div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: 8px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: auto;"> <div style="width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;"> </div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/ClbsxMBPW8x/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A post shared by Jennifer Beals (@thejenniferbeals)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p>"Thank you brilliant Irene for your open heart and your fearless triple threat talent," Beals wrote on Instagram alongside a photo of them at the 1984 Academy Awards.</p> <p>"It took a beautiful dreamer to write and perform the soundtracks for those who dare to dream."</p> <p><em>Image credits: Getty Images</em></p>

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Irene Cara passes away aged 63

<p>Award-winning singer Irene Cara has died at age 63. </p> <p>The US musician, <span style="font-family: abcsans, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif;">who performed and co-wrote the iconic song <em>Flashdance (What a Feeling)</em>, passed away in her Florida home, according to a statement released by her publicist. </span></p> <p class="_39n3n" style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; font-family: abcsans, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif;">Judith Moose also said the cause of death was "unknown and will be released when information is available".</p> <p class="_39n3n" style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; font-family: abcsans, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif;">"This is the absolute worst part of being a publicist … I can't believe I've had to write this, let alone release the news," Ms Moose wrote.</p> <p>"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."</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">This is the absolute worst part of being a publicist. I can't believe I've had to write this, let alone release the news. 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. - JM <a href="https://t.co/TsC5BwZ3fh">pic.twitter.com/TsC5BwZ3fh</a></p> <p>— Irene Cara (@Irene_Cara) <a href="https://twitter.com/Irene_Cara/status/1596392865948499968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 26, 2022</a></p></blockquote> <p class="_39n3n" style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; font-family: abcsans, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif;">Born in New York to a Puerto Rican father and Cuban-American mother, Cara's first taste of show business success came when she was just a teenager in the 1976 musical drama, <em>Sparkle</em>.</p> <p class="_39n3n" style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; font-family: abcsans, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif;">She hit the top of the charts in 1980 with <em>Fame</em>, recording the title song for the movie.</p> <p class="_39n3n" style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; font-family: abcsans, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif;">She also sang the second single from <em>Fame</em>, <em>Out Here on My Own</em>, which was part of a soundtrack album that also topped the charts.</p> <p class="_39n3n" style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; font-family: abcsans, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif;">Four years later, <em>Flashdance (What a Feeling)</em> — from the film <em>Flashdance</em>, starring Jennifer Beals — rocketed to number one in the US, Canada and Australia.</p> <p class="_39n3n" style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; font-family: abcsans, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif;">The track earned Cara an Academy Award for best original song in 1983, and two Grammy Awards in 1984 — best female pop vocal performance and best album of a film or television original score.</p> <p class="_39n3n" style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; font-family: abcsans, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif;">She went on to enjoy further top 10 hits with <em>Why Me?</em> (1983) and <em>Breakdance</em> (1984) before her pop career faded in the late 1980s.</p> <p class="_39n3n" style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; font-family: abcsans, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif;"><em>Image credits: Getty Images </em></p>

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Incredibly rare photo of Prince Philip from 1938

<p><span>A photo taken of Prince Philip long before he married into the British royal family has emerged, and it has come from an unlikely source.</span><br /><br /><span>Cara and Poppy Delevingne shared a candid snapshot of the Duke of Edinburgh, from when he was just 17 and sat on the beach with their grandmother Angela Delevingne.</span><br /><br /><span>The British sisters, who are both models and actresses, told fans that the photo had been taken in Venice in 1938.</span><br /><br /><span>"My cousins remember her saying 'That after meeting him, she thought he'd make someone a very good husband one day.' How right she was," she wrote.</span></p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CNkI5oogCsN/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="13"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CNkI5oogCsN/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by Poppy Delevingne (@poppydelevingne)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p><br /><span>The duo are seen sitting together on a beach lounge, and in a rare moment for the late royal, he is seen dressed casually in sandshoes and what appears to be a polo shirt.</span><br /><br /><span>The photo was reportedly taken by Angela's husband Edward not long after their wedding.</span><br /><br /><span>The newlyweds had been holidaying in Italy when they encountered the future Duke of Edinburgh.</span><br /><br /><span>The moment was also captured just a year before Philip met his future wife, Princess Elizabeth, at the Royal Naval College.</span><br /><br /><span>It would be several more years before their relationship turned into more however.</span><br /><br /><span>Her Majesty and her beloved husband married in 1947, and celebrated their 73rd anniversary in November 2020.</span></p>

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