Jill Sobule, emblematic folk-pop singer and LGBTQ+pioneer, died at 66 in a fire in her house in Minneapolis, in Minnesota. Authorities have not yet revealed how the fire started.
Born in Denver in 1959, the artist will have released a dozen albums dealing with complex subjects throughout his 30 years of career like the death penalty, anorexia, reproduction or LGBTQ + questions. His most famous tube is I Kissed a Girl Released in 1995 in his second eponymous album. Jill Sobule will have greatly participated in the representation of LGBTQ+ in main public pop music.
His cult song will also have been prohibited on several radio stations and will have benefited from a remix In 2008, by Katy Perry, of the same title. The singer and composer, openly displayed her bisexuality and assumed the inheritance left by his song. “Every day, I receive a message saying to me: ‘Thank you for this song. She counted for me when I was a child.’ And that is great, ”said she in 2024 in an interview. His second flagship title, Supermodelmarked the spirits by appearing in the cult film Clueless.
Jill Sobule also invested in projects for television or theater. In 2022 she will sign a successful musical, Fuck 7th Graderelating to the difficulties of adolescence, in particular inspired by his life.
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