Irene Cara’s cause of death revealed: 'Flashdance’ singer, 63, was found dead at her home
LARGO, FLORIDA: Irene Cara, the 'Fame' star died as a result of high cholesterol and hypertension. The official cause of the singer's death has been revealed as arteriosclerotic and hypertensive cardiovascular disease, according to the medical documents obtained from the medical examiner in Florida’s Pinellas County. Upon review, it was also allegedly stated that she was diabetic, revealed TMZ.
The 63-year-old singer died inside her Largo home in Florida on November 26, 2022. Honored with the Prestige Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2004, Cara rose to fame through the top hit soundtracks for the movies 'Fame' in 1980 and 'Flashdance' in 1983. For 'Flashdance', she won Grammy Award for best pop vocal performance and an Academy Award for best original song.
READ MORE
Who was Irene Cara's husband? 'Fame' and 'Flashdance' singer, 63, found dead at Florida home
Aaron Carter's family believes he did not drown in bathtub but died from drug overdose
Cara's Florida home neighborhood
Cara, the '80s icon who once sang that she wanted her name to be remembered by fans and the public, lived a solitary life in the years before her death as her neighbors revealed that she became a "recluse." In December 2022, Cara's neighbor Roseann Nolan said, “She didn’t talk to anyone.” The woman who lived across the street from the singer added, “I didn’t even know it was her living there until a few years ago. It was the best-kept secret ever,” the New York Post reported.
Cara never used to socialize or take up offers to go for walks on the beach, claims 59-year-old Maria Contreras, Cara's next-door neighbor. She also claimed that even before Cara rose to fame, Contreras tried to befriend the singer and recalled, “She greeted you outside by the garage.'
“She got very angry with me when I took down a fence between our houses because I wanted to put a new one up. She sent me such crazy messages that I saved them on my phone. She was worried that she wouldn’t be safe with the fence down, even for a day,” the neighbor added.
Was Cara trying to revive her career before death?
Following the claims of Cara's neighbors, the singer's manager of nearly two decades from Los Angeles, Betty McCormick, and her representative Judith Moose, expressed their disagreement with their comments on Cara's recent years. However, McCormick admitted that the singer had a tough time during the Covid-19 pandemic.
“She was very afraid of getting the [Covid] virus. She really struggled during that period,” McCormick recalled. According to New York Post, the singer's representative also stated that for the most part, leaving the music industry and Hollywood was Cara's decision, and months before her death, she was in the run to revive her career.