Irene Cara, Oscar-winning singer and actress who sang the feel-good theme songs to Fame and Flashdance – obituary

Her uplifting and aspirational songs became ‘leotard-and-legwarmer’ disco anthems of the 1980s but she paid a high price for her fame

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