Jill Sobule, a singer-songwriter best understood for her 1995 solitary “I Kissed a Woman,” has actually passed away in a home fire in Minnesota at the age of 66.
Her fatality was validated by her press agent on Thursday, though it was not promptly explained exactly how the fire in Woodbury, Minnesota, began, according to the Associated Press.
Sobule was the singer-songwriter of “I Kissed a Woman,” the initial honestly gay-themed tune ever before to split the Signboard Top 20 and edited a loads cds covering 3 years of recording, her press agent stated.
” The Denver-born songwriter/guitarist/singer took on such subjects as the execution, anorexia, theft, recreation, the French Resistance, teenage despair, intolerance, and the MAGA activity with her trademark wit and soul-bearing credibility,” the declaration introducing her fatality stated. “Jill is thought about a leader in crowdfunding, continuously checked out brand-new versions to encourage musicians in an ever-changing songs sector, and was the beloved of the ‘digirati’– Jill has actually executed at the TED seminar greater than any type of various other musician.”
DATA – Jill Sobule postures for a picture on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023, in New york city.
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Her latest job was her New york city Times doubter’s choice, Dramatization Desk-nominated, autobiographical coming-of-age music “F * ck 7th Quality.”
” Jill Sobule was a pressure of nature and civils rights supporter whose songs is woven right into our society. I was having a lot enjoyable collaborating with her. I shed a customer and a buddy today,” stated John Concierge, Sobule’s supervisor, following her passing away. “I wish her songs, memory, and tradition remain to survive and influence others.”
” I was lucky sufficient to be familiar with Jill past a specialist connection. No person made me laugh much more. Her spirit and power will be significantly missed out on within the songs neighborhood and past,” stated Sobule’s scheduling representative, Craig Grossman.
Sobule is made it through by her bro and sister-in-law, her nephews, and a variety of relatives.
There will certainly be an official memorial commemorating her life and tradition later on in the summer season though no day has actually been introduced.
