Singer Jill Sobule, known for 'I Kissed a Girl,' dies in house fire

Singer Jill Sobule, known for the 1995 song “I Kissed a Girl,” died in a Minnesota house fire Thursday morning, her representatives said.

Singer Jill Sobule, known for the 1995 song “I Kissed a Girl,” died in a Minnesota house fire Thursday morning, her representatives said. She was 66.

The fire occurred in Woodbury, a city around 16 miles east of Minneapolis, they said. Officials there said firefighters discovered a dead woman after a house fire that was reported around 5:30 a.m. Thursday.

“Jill Sobule was a force of nature and human rights advocate whose music is woven into our culture,” manager John Porter said in a statement.

"I Kissed a Girl” reached No. 20 on Billboard’s modern rock chart, the first openly queer-themed record to do so.

Sobule’s song “Supermodel” from the “Clueless” soundtrack was also a pop success.