Singer Irene Cara has passed away at the age of 63. The artist leaves behind a host of hits, tearful fans but also a former husband named Conrad E. Palmisano.
This Saturday, November 26, 2022 was announced the death ofIrene Cara at the age of 63. Terrible news that was relayed and then very commented on social networks by hordes of grieving fans. “I can’t believe I had to write this, let alone post the news. Please share your thoughts and memories of Irene. I will read each one of them and I know she will smile from heaven. She adored her fans.” wrote the singer’s public relations manager on Twitter. The message follows a first official press release attesting to the disappearance of Irene Cara at her home in Florida on the night of November 25 to 26. “His cause of death is currently unknown and will be revealed when information becomes available.” says the official press release. In the meantime, the singer’s family asks fans to respect her privacy in order to mourn her. The date of the funeral will be communicated later.
Irene Cara leaves behind two great hits of the 80s, great memories of cinema, but also a husband she had divorced. Her name ? Conrad E. Palmisano. A love story placed under the sign of marriage between 1986 and 1991. A well-known figure in the Hollywood industry, Conrad E. Palmisano built a solid reputation for stuntman more than 40 years long, serving four times as president of the prestigious Stuntmen’s Association of Motion Pictures. His career spans a wide spectrum of Hollywood cinema, performing in comedies (Is there a pilot on the plane ?), horror movies (Cujo) as science fiction (Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon), superheroes (batman forever) and action (Rush Hour 2). Conrad E. Palmisano had met Irene Cara in 1985 on the set of The Impossible Ride where the singer played a teenager on the run alongside Tatum O’Neal. The year of their marriage had also been placed under the sign of the cinema: Palmisano directed his companion in his second and last film, busted-up.
How Irene Cara Almost Missed Fame
At the end of the 1970s, nothing could thwart the irresistible rise of Irene Cara. The young woman, who has been practicing music and dancing since the age of 5, cut her teeth on television sets and on the boards even before releasing her first solo album. The public discovered her at the cinema in 1976 in a musical comedy inspired by Diana Ross & The Supremes, Sparkle, written by the very young Joel Schumacher (batman forever). Hollywood finally opens its arms wide to him at the turn of the 80s when he is offered to join the distribution of Famous… As a simple dancer! The producers and the screenwriter of the film will have to hear his voice to convince themselves to rewrite the main role, Coco Hernandez, in order to offer it to him. It is in the skin of this iconic character thatIrene Cara will sing the eponymous song plus another single from the soundtrack, a performance that garnered a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Musical in 1981. Irene Cara will finally win a Grammy and an Oscar for his work on flash dance three years later.