Singer-songwriter Jill Sobule, whose hits included the satirical anthem Supermodel from the Clueless film soundtrack and the groundbreaking single I Kissed A Woman, died early on Thursday (Could 1) in a Minneapolis-area home fireplace, media retailers reported. She was 66.
Her supervisor John Porter confirmed her loss of life in an announcement to Minnesota Star Tribute.
In keeping with her web site, Sobule had been on account of carry out on Friday in her native Denver to showcase songs from her autobiographical stage musical F*** seventh Grade, which was nominated in 2023 for a Drama Desk Award.
Sobule was remembered for a various physique of music that ranged from deeply intimate to socially acutely aware themes in a recording profession that spanned a dozen albums beginning in 1990 along with her Todd Rungren-produced debut assortment Issues Right here Are Completely different.
Her eponymous 1995 album included two of her greatest hits, Supermodel from the Hollywood coming-of-age comedy movie Clueless, and I Kissed A Woman, broadly thought to be the primary overtly LGBTQ-themed music to crack the Billboard High 20 singles chart. It peaked at No 20 that 12 months.
The music drew renewed consideration in 2008 when Katy Perry launched a unique single of her personal with the identical title.
Authorities in Woodbury, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis, are investigating the reason for the fireplace on the home the place Sobule was discovered, the Star Tribune reported.
