'I Kissed a Girl' Singer Jill Sobule Dies In House Fire at 66

tmz.comPublished: 5/1/2025

Summary

Jill Sobule, famous for her 1995 song "I Kissed a Girl," is dead, TMZ has confirmed. The singer/songwriter died Thursday in a house fire in Minneapolis, Minnesota, her manager, John Porter, told TMZ. “Jill Sobule was a force of nature and human rights advocate whose music is woven into our culture," he said in the statement. Jill also did the theme song for the Nickelodeon show "Unfabulous." She is survived by her brother and sister-in-law, James and Mary Ellen Sobule, and her beloved nephews, Ian Matthew and Robert and Robert’s wife Irina.