“But no one, including him, ever went inside her house,” Contreras said. She didn’t look well and she said she had health issues.”Ĭontreras said she never saw anyone come to the house except a man who mowed the lawn. She called from her computer because she was worried about privacy. “And she’d never call back using her cellphone. “I’d text her or call her to invite her to come for a walk but I wouldn’t hear back for days,” Contreras told The Post. Michael Ochs Archives Irene Cara won two Grammys, including for “Flashdance (What a Feeling).” Bettmann Archive Irene Cara went from singing about “Fame” and wanting people to remember her name to living a lonely, reclusive life in Florida, desperate for privacy. But Contreras said she could never persuade Cara, who once lit up the stage with her electrifying live performances, to take a walk with her to the nearby beach or socialize. Maria Contreras, 59, who lived next door to Cara for years, said she tried to befriend her before knowing who she was. “I didn’t even know it was her living there until a few years ago. She didn’t talk to anyone,” Roseann Nolan, who lived across the street from Cara, told The Post. 25 at age 63 - said she lived like a hermit in recent years and guarded her privacy obsessively. where the hit ’80s singer-songwriter-actress died Nov. “Fame” star Irene Cara may have sung about wanting people to remember her name - but she turned her back on fame during her last days.Ĭara’s neighbors in Largo, Fla. Why Tina Turner renounced US citizenship for Switzerland Tina Turner’s iconic hair was the start of her rebirth: ‘The wig was a lifesaver’ (2016-19), 62 Helena Bonham Carter, actress, The Crown (2019-20), 57 Zola Budd, world record-breaking athlete, 5,000 metres (1985), 57 Jeremy Corbyn, independent MP for Islington North, leader of the opposition (2015-20), 74 Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark, 55 Henry Dimbleby, co-founder of Leon restaurants, 53 Alex Garland, novelist and film-maker, Ex-Machina (2014), 53 Howard Goodall, composer, Eternal Light: A Requiem (2008), and broadcaster, 65 Pam Grier, actress, Jackie Brown (1997), 74 Lauryn Hill, singer-songwriter, the Fugees, Ready Or Not (1996), 48 Alan Hollinghurst, writer, The Line of Beauty (2004, Booker prize), 69 Lenny Kravitz, soul singer, Let Love Rule (1989), 59 Kwasi Kwarteng, Conservative MP for Spelthorne, chancellor of the Exchequer (2022), 48 Dame Anne McGuire, Labour Party MP for Stirling (1997-2015), shadow work and pensions minister (2011-13), 74 Shantanu Narayen, chairman and chief executive, Adobe Systems (software company), 60 Stevie Nicks, singer-songwriter, Fleetwood Mac, Rumours (1977), 75 Mary Nightingale, newscaster, ITV News, 60 Michael Portillo, broadcaster and TV presenter, Great Coastal Railway Journeys (2022), former Conservative MP and cabinet minister, 70 Shona Robison, SNP MSP for Dundee City East, deputy first minister of Scotland and cabinet secretary for finance, 57 Baroness (Fiona) Shackleton of Belgravia, personal solicitor to the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Sussex, 67 Lord (David) Stevens of Ludgate, chairman, United News and Media (1981-99), 87 Nick Thomas-Symonds, Labour MP for Torfaen, shadow international trade secretary, 43.Devastating moment ‘Tina Turner Musical’ audience learns of her death Simon Armitage, poet, Sandettie Light Vessel Automatic (2019), playwright and novelist, poet laureate (2019-present), professor of poetry, University of Leeds, 60 Lord (Michael) Bates, Conservative MP (1992-97), international development minister She was the first of her sharecropper family born into freedom, and was known to say: “I got my start by giving myself a start” in 1923, 33 cars took part in the first 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race, over a 10.7 mile course created in the streets of Le Mans, northwestern France. Her Wonderful Hair Grower was targeted at African-American women and she built a substantial property portfolio. He was one of Britain’s highest-paid entertainers, and Chinese Laundry Blues became his signature tune in 1919 Madam CJ Walker, likely the first female self-made African-American millionaire, died aged 51. The Habeas Corpus Suspension Act 1794 was enacted over fears of the French Revolution inspiring rebellion in England in 1904 George Formby, the ukulele-playing entertainer and film star, was born. “Habeas corpus” translates to “you may have the body” (provided legal procedures are satisfied). On February 6, 2017, Windsor town council exonerated her in 1679 the Habeas Corpus Act 1679 was passed by parliament to ensure that no one could be imprisoned unlawfully. She had emigrated from Windsor in Berkshire, England, to Windsor, Connecticut, in the 1630s. In 1647 Achsah Young became the first-recorded person to be executed in the 13 American colonies for witchcraft.
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