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Jill Sobule Dies at Age 66 in a House Fire


Jill Sobule tragically passed away in a reported house fire on Thursday (May 1). She was 66 years old.

Jill Sobule, the acclaimed folk-pop singer and human rights activist, died in a reported house fire on Thursday (May 1). Sobule’s most recent project prior to her death was her autobiographical musical F*ck 7th Grade, which earned a Drama Desk Award nomination for outstanding musical in 2023 and is set to release an original cast recording on June 6 alongside a special 30th-anniversary vinyl reissue of Jill Sobule. “Jill Sobule was a force of nature and human rights advocate whose music is woven into our culture…I lost a client and a friend today,” the singer’s manager, John Porter, shared in a statement.

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