The Woodbury Police Department confirmed the news in a May 2 statement shared with USA TODAY. "WPD can confirm the victim of the fire yesterday morning was Jill Sobule," WPD patrol commander Tom ...

Ruthie Richey of Norman has been named Miss Oklahoma Teen USA 2025. The University of Oklahoma student says the win comes after years of competing in the pageant system. "I don't even remember ...

Jill was definitely not like anyone you’ve ever met. I know that in itself is a cliche You’re going hear all those things like about marching to her own drum. But when I say she’s the only ...

Jill Sobule, the groundbreaking singer-songwriter and activist whose 1995 song “I Kissed a Girl” is widely considered the first openly gay-themed song to crack the Billboard Top 20, died in a ...

Jill Sobule, the award-winning singer-songwriter whose witty and poignant writing first attracted widespread attention with the gay-themed song “I Kissed a Girl,” died in a house fire Thursday ...

Jill Sobule — known for her hit single “I Kissed a Girl” and for writing the theme song of Nickelodeon’s coming-of-age series Unfabulous — died. She was 66 years old. Her team announced ...

MINNEAPOLIS, Mnn. -- Jill Sobule, singer of 1995 hit tracks "I Kissed a Girl" and "Supermodel," has died at the age of 66. Sobule died early Thursday morning in a house fire, according to a ...

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Jill Sobule performs on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” May 26, 1995. Photo: Margaret Norton/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank. 1995 was a big year for Jill Sobule, as well as queer music fans craving a ...