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   WASHINGTON — Jill Sobule, the award-winning singer-songwriter whose   
   witty and poignant writing first attracted widespread attention with the   
   gay-themed song “I Kissed a Girl,” died in a house fire Thursday. She   
   was 66.   
      
   Her death was confirmed by her publicist, David Elkin, in an email   
   Thursday afternoon. It was not immediately clear how the fire in   
   Woodbury, Minnesota, started.   
      
   “Jill Sobule was a force of nature and human rights advocate whose music   
   is woven into our culture,” John Porter, her manager, said 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.”   
      
   During her more than three decades of recording, Sobule released 12   
   albums that addressed such complex topics as the death penalty, anorexia   
   nervosa, reproduction and LGBTQ+ issues.   
      
   Her first album, “Things Here Are Different,” was released in 1990. Five   
   years later, she received widespread attention for her hit singles,   
   “Supermodel,” from the movie “Clueless,” and “I Kissed A Girl," which,   
   despite being banned on several southern radio stations, made it into   
   the Billboard Top 20.   
      
   She also starred in an autobiographical off-Broadway musical that   
   initially premiered at the Wild Project in New York in 2022 and includes   
   songs and stories about her life.   
      
   Sobule was known for taking control of her career by fundraising so she   
   could make her next album. In 2008, after two major record companies   
   dumped her and two indie labels went bankrupt beneath her, she raised   
   tens of thousands of dollars from fans so she could make a new album.   
      
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   Nature extinguishes another gay flame.   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)