{"id":3279,"date":"2025-05-20T01:37:47","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T01:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/?p=3279"},"modified":"2025-05-20T01:37:47","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T01:37:47","slug":"singer-jill-sobule-66-dies-in-tragic-house-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/?p=3279","title":{"rendered":"Singer Jill Sobule, 66, Dies in Tragic House Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jill Sobule, the pioneering singer\u2010songwriter renowned for her groundbreaking 1995 single \u201cI Kissed a Girl,\u201d died yesterday in a house fire at her residence in Woodbury, Minnesota. She was 66. Authorities continue to investigate the blaze\u2019s cause, which occurred on the evening of May 1 and claimed Sobule\u2019s life along with extensive damage to the property.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sobule first captured international attention when \u201cI Kissed a Girl\u201d became the first overtly LGBTQ+ themed song to enter the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 67. Over a career spanning more than 30 years, she released eight critically acclaimed studio albums, performed worldwide, and earned a reputation as both a keen observer of contemporary life and a fearless advocate for social justice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jill Sobule, the pioneering singer\u2010songwriter renowned for her groundbreaking 1995 single \u201cI Kissed a Girl,\u201d died yesterday in a house fire at her residence in Woodbury, Minnesota. She was 66. Authorities continue to investigate&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2516,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3279"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3280,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3279\/revisions\/3280"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}