Singer-songwriter Jill Sobule dies in Minneapolis house fire

Singer-songwriter Jill Sobule dies in Minneapolis house fire Image: J.WESPA/WIREIMAGE

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Singer-songwriter Jill Sobule dies in Minneapolis house fire (Image/J.WESPA/WIREIMAGE)

May 1 (Reuters) – Singer-songwriter Jill Sobule, whose hits included the satirical anthem “Supermodel” from the “Clueless” movie soundtrack and the groundbreaking single “I Kissed a Girl,” died early on Thursday in a Minneapolis-area house fire, media outlets reported. She was 66.

Her manager John Porter confirmed her death in a statement to Minnesota Star Tribute.

According to her website, Sobule had been due to perform on Friday in her native Denver to showcase songs from her autobiographical stage musical “F*ck 7th Grade,” which was nominated in 2023 for a Drama Desk Award.

Sobule was remembered for a diverse body of music that ranged from deeply intimate to socially conscious themes in a recording career that spanned a dozen albums starting in 1990 with her Todd Rungren-produced debut collection “Things Here Are Different.”

Her eponymous 1995 album included two of her biggest hits, “Supermodel” from the Hollywood coming-of-age comedy film “Clueless,” and “I Kissed a Girl,” widely regarded as the first openly LGBTQ-themed song to crack the Billboard Top 20 singles chart. It peaked at No. 20 that year.

The song drew renewed attention in 2008 when Katy Perry released a different single of her own with the same title.

Authorities in Woodbury, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis,

are investigating the cause of the fire at the house where Sobule was found, the Star Tribune reported.

Reuters