Tragic End of a 90s Icon: Jill Sobule Dies in House Fire at 66

Jill Sobule Jill Sobule, the boundary-breaking singer best known for her '90s hits “I Kissed a Girl” and “Supermodel,” died Thursday morning in a tragic house fire in Woodbury, Minnesota . She was 66. Sobule had been staying with friends while preparing to perform songs from her one-woman musical F ck7thGrade* in Denver , her hometown. According to Woodbury’s Public Safety Department, firefighters responded to a house engulfed in flames around 5:30 a.m. They later found the body of a woman in her 60s inside. The cause of the fire remains under investigation. From Outcast to Icon: A Voice for the Misunderstood Born in Denver, Sobule grew up feeling like an outsider — an experience she channeled into her deeply personal music and sharp humor. In interviews, she joked that her only queer role models as a kid were Miss Jane Hathaway from The Beverly Hillbillies and her gym teacher “who looked like Pete Rose .” In eighth grade, Sobule’s guitar skills started to shine. She eventua...