“Folk-pop singer Jill Sobule has died in a house fire (Picture: Michael Tullberg/Getty Images) Singer Jill Sobule has died aged 66 after a house fire on Thursday morning. The folk-pop musician, who is best known for her 1995 song I Kissed A Girl and Supermodel from the Clueless soundtrack, was due to perform a hometown”, — write: metro.co.uk
Folk-pop singer Jill Sobule has died in a house fire (Picture: Michael Tullberg/Getty Images) Singer Jill Sobule has died aged 66 after a house fire on Thursday morning.
The folk-pop musician, who is best known for her 1995 song I Kissed A Girl and Supermodel from the Clueless soundtrack, was due to perform a hometown shown in Denver on Friday.
Her manager John Porter has hailed her as a ‘force of nature and human rights advocate whose music is woven into our culture’.
He added in a statement: ‘I was having so much fun working with her. I lost a client & a friend today. I hope her music, memory, & legacy continue to live on and inspire others.’
According to local news reporters, firefighters were called to the property in Woodbury, Minnesota at around 5:30am local time on Thursday.
By the time first responders arrived on the scene, the home was already engulfed in the blaze, and the cause wasn’t immediately known.
The cause of the blaze is not yet clear (Picture: Fred Hayes/WireImage for Sundance Film Festival) 
She’s best known for her songs Supermodel and I Kissed A Girl (Picture: Andrew Gombert/EPA/REX/Shutterstock) According to the Star Tribute, police in the Woodbury suburb are now investigating the cause of the fatal fire.
A free gathering is set to take place in Denver, after she was set to perform songs from her autobiographical stage musical before her death.
Over a career spanning three decades, she delved into important issues in her music, including LGBTQ+ rights, the death penalty and anorexia.
Sobule tackled important issues in her songs (Picture: John Atashian/Getty Images)
She continued to innovate and embrace change in music (Picture: Andrew Gombert/EPA/REX/Shutterstock) Her eponymous album 30 years, which included her two big hits, was her best known work, while I Kissed A Girl rose in prominence in 2008 when Katy Perry dropped a different song with the same name.
Sobule initially claimed she didn’t ‘feel precious about the title’ in 2008, but she hit out at Katy the following year after the latter claimed the title came to her ‘in a dream’.
‘In truth, she wrote it with a team of professional writers and was signed by the very same guy that signed me in 1995,’ Sobule said.
She previously lashed out at Katy Perry (Picture: Chris Jackson/Pool/AFP via Getty Images) ‘I have not mentioned that in interviews as I don’t want to sound bitter or petty — ’cause, that’s not me.’
She branded Katy ‘title thieving’ and claimed she was ‘not quite sure if you’re talented’.
Just days before her death, she shared a black and white cartoon of a band of mermaids playing in the sea.
The image featured the quote: ‘Every gig now is about luring sailors to their deaths—remember when it used to be about the music?’
Sobule shared a post about her health struggles days before her death (Picture: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) She added in the caption: ‘It’s been hard being on tour. I somehow messed up my back and have sciatica.
‘The morning is the worst. Any advice? Any good back docs l, physical therapist etc. in LA l? I’ll be there for a few weeks. In the meantime, a cartoon.’
As her career continued, she innovated and embrace the changing music scene, and pioneered the use of crowdfunding to release records, while she also penned songs for TV and theatre.
She wrote the theme for Nickelodeon’s Unfabulous, which aired from 2004 to 2007.
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