Jill Sobule, the singer-songwriter whose hits included the satirical anthem Supermodel from the Clueless movie soundtrack and the groundbreaking single I Kissed a Girl, has died in a house fire at the age of 66.
Sobule’s body was found in a home in Woodbury, Minnesota, on Thursday. Authorities are investigating the cause of the fire.
Her manager, John Porter, confirmed her death in a statement to the Minnesota Star Tribute.
“Jill Sobule was a force of nature and human rights advocate whose music is woven into our culture. I was having so much fun working with her,” Porter said in a statement to the Hollywood Reporter.
“I lost a client and a friend today. I hope her music, memory and legacy continue to live on and inspire others.”
According to her website, Sobule had been due to perform on Friday in her native Denver, to showcase songs from her autobiographical stage musical, F*ck 7th Grade, which was nominated in 2023 for a Drama Desk award.
Sobule was remembered for a diverse body of music that ranged from deeply intimate to socially conscious themes in a recording career that spanned a dozen albums starting in 1990 with her Todd Rungren-produced debut collection, Things Here Are Different.
Her eponymous 1995 album included two of her biggest hits, Supermodel from the Hollywood coming-of-age comedy Clueless, and I Kissed a Girl, widely regarded as the first openly LGBTQ-themed song to crack the Billboard top 20 singles chart. It peaked at No. 20 that year.
The song drew renewed attention in 2008 when Katy Perry released a different single of her own with the same title.
