Jill Sobule, groundbreaking folk-pop singer and activist, dead at 66

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Jill Sobule, groundbreaking folk-pop singer and activist, dead at 66​

Jill Sobule, the acclaimed singer-songwriter and LGBTQ+ trailblazer best known for 90s hits 'I Kissed A Girl' and 'Supermodel', has died in a Minneapolis house fire. She was 66.

Born in Denver in 1959, Sobule released her first album in 1990, but found mainstream success with her self-titled second album, which featured 'I Kissed A Girl'.

 

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Jill Sobule I Kissed a Girl

 

[airportwoman]

It sounds like it was not her house, but that of a friend she was visiting.

Woodbury house fire claims a life

Public safety officials say firefighters arrived at the home on the 9000 block of Pinehurst Road around 5:30 a.m. and were told someone might still be inside.

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[RubyJuno]

This is very, very sad. I await news on the cause of the fire, and the medical examiner is investigating whether she was dead when the fire started. She was a really extraordinary person. I barely knew her, and I've still been upset for days.