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Jill Sobule, Singer of History-Making 1995 Single ‘I Kissed a Girl,’ Dies in House Fire at 66

Singer Jill Sobule, who made history with "I Kissed a Girl," which became the first openly gay song to break the Billboard chart's Top 20, died at 66.

On Thursday, her team announced that the musician had died at her home during a house fire early in the morning. “Jill Sobule was a force of nature and human rights advocate whose music is woven into our culture,” said her manager John Porter in a press release. The singer released 12 albums throughout her career, and took on a range of topics in her music including anorexia, reproductive rights, and intolerance.

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