I teared up when Debbie did, it's impossible not to. Irene's music was a big part of my growing up and I will never forget her for that. Rest In Peace Irene, your music lives on in us 😢.

Debbie Allen is the mama or auntie we all long to have and Irene Cara will always be a shooting star to light the path for our dreams. 🌠

Irene Cara was the reason I took dance in Jr High. I wanted to be just like her when I grew up. She was beautiful,talented,and free! RiP and thanks for all the wonderful memories you left behind 💕

Irene has been a part of my childhood and teen years. I watched her on the Electric Company. She was in two cult classics: Aaron Loves Angela and Sparkle and on to Fame. This one hits close.

My mom went to HS with Irene here in NYC back in the 70s. We were completely heartbroken to hear of Irenes passing. Irene was a triple threat in the entertainment world! Irene we love you and you will be missed profusely! Descanse en paz Senora Irena!

I absolutely love Debbie. She is such a wonderful human being! 💯

Very few performers ever get me emotional, but then there is Irene. It's like seeing all the joy of this world just disappear. Maybe some of Debbie's kids can bring some back. 63 for a dancer is just too soon. So much more than just a "flash" and a dance. She was authentic and powerful. 💔

There will never be another Irene Cara! She was an immense talent and I love Debbie even much more for acknowledging her gifts. We’ve lost so many wonderful people, but I am grateful we got a chance to experience their light even just once. Irene will always be an integral part of the fabric of American pop culture.

There was no better than Irene Cara. She gave so much to the world and took so little. So many hypocrites in the music and entertainment industry looked the other way when Irene Cara needed their help most post Flashdance. God Bless you Debbie Allen and God Bless all the people to loved and supported Irene Cara throughout her life.

Debbie Allen has definitely made the world a better place. Condolences to Irene Cara's family and friends. What a terrible loss.

Grew up watching Fame loved her voice and acting 😭 RIP 🌹 Irene Cara 🇵🇷🇨🇺

She's really strong so I cried when Debbie Allen teared up.😢🙏🏽

I remember seeing Irene in NY when I was 12 in 1980. Always smiling. She seemed like such a HAPPY person. WOW...Gone WAAAAY too soon!

The shock is wearing off, now I am grieving. One of the few people I admired as a teenager. Irene you brightened up my 80's . We will remember your name my Afro-Puerto Rican -Cuban Sister Queen. "Remember my name. Fame! I'm gonna live forever I'm gonna learn how to fly--high!😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

I love Debbie Allen! She is a trailblazer and a icon! I cried tears with her about Irene Cara! I grew up listening to her music ! Rest Well Queen! 🙏🏽

Debbie you are a beautiful soul those kids will never forget you, now Irene Cara was a joy to watch, she had true talent from a child to adult, beautiful person great singer and actress, there is a movie she is in with Diahann Carroll and Rosalind Cash great cast good story. RIP angel.

I grew up idolizing Irene Cara she was a triple threat if there ever was one! I started dance when I was five, singing and acting when I was 7. When Game the movie came out I knew that was my destiny. Irene gave me such inspiration as did the other Fame kids! Rest in Peace Angel.....Light up the sky like a flame! 🌠

Dance is so important in young people's life. Debbie Allen just keeps reinventing herself because she loves what she does ♥️ Irene Cara had a unique incomparable talented gift❤️

I love Irene and Debbie . I grew up listening to Irene's music and watching Fame and Electric Company

Yes my heart broke when I heard about Irene passing away. I was a teenager and loved Fame. Seeing and hearing her sing was so uplifting. God Bless her, Rest in Peace.

Debbie Allen seems like such a joyful person. I looked her date of birth up: she's gonna be 73 in January! 😮 She looks so good and not in a mummified Hollyweird way.

Wow, to know a child since 12 and watch her grow, now depart this early plain has got to be painful!!!!!! Let’s all say a prayer for everyone that loved and KNEW Irene Cara!!

I worked for Louis Falco , with the dancers , on the movie Fame ,working on the combinations for the film . Irene was there doing Falco combinations , and she would jam on my bongos sometimes . , and she played great , not faking it. I recorded fot Michael Gore a part of percusion with the dancers . It was cut , but , Irene was there doing a demo of out here on my own , and her voice was phenominal. Her acting is top quality . Irene Cara is an incredably tallented artist , rest in peace

Debbie Allen is an AMAZING lady and dancer! Irene is apart of her journey, a beautiful lady and singer.

I felt her pain from loosing her friend .I know Debbie is a God sent for all the young people she has helped.

Truly a special beautiful girl. Irene Cara. , Brought that special magic with those beautiful songs. ..Rip ❤️🙏🙏

I love Irene Cara...she worked so to be to Excellent performing phenom from such a very young age. Then to be betrayed by a segment of the industry that she fought to recover her earnings from. I wish she would've stayed with Broadway... Her original catalyst and forte , instead of that other intatie. She should've been more respected though out her life. I so hate that she's gone, but I'll never forget her. She'll live forever. Fame. 💖😥🙏🏽

Rest in paradise, beautiful, talented Irene Cara.😢💔😞 Thank you for your work that created our childhood soundtrack.❤️ We'll remember your name.💫🕊️🌹🕯️

Love Debbie Allen! It must be really hard to see someone die younger than you. Irene was an amazing talent and she is gone too soon!

Thanks for the tribute to Irene Cara..she was a trail blazer for women. Her light and power will be missed. Rest in Heaven.. Irene Cara

I met Debbie Allen at church once. This is a real woman a real sista a real professional and real human being. I hope god continues to bless her

Love Debbie Allen and Irene Cara RIP

Debbie has a compassion unshakable. A heart of gold and still beautiful. Irene Cara's star will never dim. Thanks to the both of you true legends.

Irene Cara OMG RIP 🙏 she was one of my favorite singers from the 80s she was so beautiful RIP irene beautiful voice she had 🇵🇷🇵🇷

Irene Cara and that time of Fame gave me all the inspiration I needed to work hard towards becoming an actress in the UK. I thank that show and all its stars! And then, imagine how I felt when many years later I actually met Auntie Debbie and was taken under her generous enormous wings as a young actress on the set of Amistad…not a moment of disappointment, just more inspiration! Thank you for guiding me to be the person I am today!

God, I loved Irene Cara! God bless her.

My heart is broken! Fly high Ms. Irene Cara! You're gonna make it to heaven...just like your song. Rest in eternal peace.

Debbie saying she's proud of you is like cloud 9. I would feel so honored to hear those words from her. She, her sister and brother are so accomplished. Alot of people don't know her brother was in "A Different World," as a character.

You all wrote such beautiful things. Irene Cara will live forever in our hearts. Debbie Allen, is such a hard working role model .

Irene was everything to me!!!!!! Omg

I truly wanted Irene to make a return to showbusiness but what she did lives on.

Sending my condolences 🙏 to Irene Cara's family. I grew up watching Irene. I first set eyes on Irene when she played in the original Sparkle, in 1976. I was in the eight grade. Myself and three girlfriends went to the movies on Easter. Such a talented actress and singer. Rest in Heaven Irene 🙏 God Bless

I loved Irene Cara!God rest her!🙏🏻❤️

I loved Debbie Allen all my life. She was such an inspiration in my childhood. May Irene Cara rest in peace ❤

Irene was my inspiration when I was young. She's one of the reasons why I became a professional dancer and actress. My heart aches knowing she is no longer with us...💔

It's gon be a minute for me to accept that Irene is gone. Upon the announcement my ♥ shattered. Legends are just leaving here before their time... everyone be blessed. 😔

I love her. She seems so genuine. Ever since "The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh"

LOVE Debbie Allen!💜 Your gonna LIVE FOREVER IRENE CARA!!!!

She looks amazing, WOW.. RIP Irene..

I love Debbie. She was my childhood and teen inspiration like Irene Cara.

Irene Cara thank you for your music and the wonderful memories, I grew up watching her in the 70s on the electric company and in the movies fame sparkle and in so many wonderful television series, may you R.I.P.

Every time l see and hear Debbie l see my Creole paternal aunts…just beautiful 😍 😍😍😍😍 Who didn’t love Irene Cara? She was multitalented, sweet and humble. Absolutely gorgeous 💖💖💖

Rest in Peace, Irene Cara. Beautiful interview. All stay blessed.

I just "lurv" me some Debbie Allen...

Irene Cara was/is and will always be my first Idol and Icon Mrs Debbie made me cry just talking about her Debbie is an Amazing incredible woman just like her sister their mother is one heck of a example ❤

I'm in love with the legacy Debbie has built and will leave to future generations yearning to be far better than the circumstances they were born in.

There's only one Irene Cara. I Thank GOD for your life, gifts and talents.

Debbie still has that positive and motivational energy!

I love Irene. She will be missed. A total fan.

I can watch Fame even today 2022. Classic and inspiring💕 Rest in heaven Ms.Irene Cara. 💐💐💐

I was a child who grew up watching fame... That show taught young people to push forward towards their dreams. ...

Debbie is a legend. Rip Irene.💞

I love Debbie Allen😍 & I enjoyed Irene Cara, her works, and her talent will be missed🙏🏽

Awww I missed the news... I loved Fame as a child. R.I.P. Irene Cara.... Fly high ..... much love.... You inspired many of us. 😭

Can't stop the tears. Rest in peace Irene Cara. So beautiful, so talented.

A tough woman Debbie, but a true softie for her cast members. She felt same way about Leroy Johnson death.

Irene Cara motivated so many of us, growing up in Brooklyn we aspired to be as great as she was🥲🙏🏾👏🏾🌹💐💐

They impacted my life. At 12, I thought I was Irene, and Debbie was my dance teacher.

The best experience ever. I was able to work with her and have dance/ exercise lunches with her. She is truly THAT AMAZING. Blessings to her and stormin' Norman always. Beautiful people. We are blessed to live in a world with both of them ♡

LOVED HER!!!💕Such A SUN RAY OF LIGHT And ENERGY!!!💕 I Was In High School When FAME First Came Out!!!💕 Who Didn’t Want To Be IRENE CARA!!!💕 We Simply Loved Her And The Entire Cast of FAME Especially LEROY And of Course The DYNAMIC SUNBURST of DEBBIE ALLEN!!!💕 FAME Gave People From ALL Backgrounds HOPE, Especially People of Color!!!💕FAME Was Before It’s TIME And Will LIVE On FOREVER In Our HEARTS!!!💕We LOVE You IRENE💕 REST IN POWER💕We Will ALWAYS REMEMBER Your NAME!!! 😎💕🙏🏾Blessings . . . Thank You For Sharing

Both these beautiful ladies are so significant to my childhood grew up watching and still I’m a fan of them both. Irene Cara will be missed. Debbie Allen is such an inspiration it’s amazing how she always is still working to provide opportunities for young dancer’s inspiring new generations and being the positive representation she’s always been.

DEBBIE JUST MADE ME CRY. WILL NEVER FORGET THE 80s. R.I.P. IRENE.

debbie is a wounderful person and has put herself out there to help our community for years. ive met her i think twice one when i was really young and when i was a teenager she is an example of what it looks like to go out there be the boots on the ground and make a difference.

Saw Debbie Allen get her star on Hollywood Walk Of Fame. Always loved Irene's music. Another one gone too soon. GOD bless her 🌼🌺🌹

Rip irene we love you!!

We love Debbie and We love what she has brought to the world, ART ! And Irene Cara will always be a LEGEND !

I saw this and I can truly say Irene Cara made me look at myself which made me feel Great to be a young american black girl.. I agree with Ms.Debbie When you touch the young you shape the world... And it's a MUST for our culture...Irene Cara lives on through Ms.Debbie...Ms.Janet and many many others of their statue... Don't cry,.. Be Honored 🦋

I watched Flashdance and Fame. She was brilliant singer , actress. RIP Irene🙏

Debbie Allen is like a whole community in one human. Bow down. Respect. xxx

That woman is something else. As so was Irene, God Bless Her.❤️❤️❤️❤️

Irene Cara really did light up the sky like a flame! Her talent and love of mucic will be missed!

Her energy is still so vibrant and lovely....her wonderful sensitivity so evident. Remembering Irene was a beautiful moment of her soul feeling and unashamedly sharing a bit of pain. Hope she continues doing the fabulous work she does. She is a blessing to all the children fortunate enough to work with her... A TRUE teacher on her PURPOSE. 💜😇💃💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

RIP Miss Irene, you'll be missed talented lady❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Debbie Allen is very talented and amazing for continuing to train the youth in the Arts.She deserves her flowers while she’s living. 👑 💃🏾 🌸 🌺 🎭

These lovely ppl are the reason why I first put on leg warmers.

She seems to be so loving and genuine!

Rip Irene Cara thanks for the memories! Like Debbie Allen once dropped a gem saying You Got Dreams You Want Fame but Fame costs!!! That's a bar!

Debbie Allen is a ICON and she looks absolutely amazing. Watching this makes me wanna watch FAME , it’s probably been 40 years since I last watched it, but I remember the Theme song like yesterday. RIP Irene Cara 🙏🏾❤️💃

This lady is a saint I don't know her but I can tell she has a heart of 💛 Gold god bless her.

Watched Fame series with my mom every week when I was a kid. She loved Debbie and I loved Irene. My mom passed early this year. With Irene's passing it brought back a flood of sweet memories ♥

I miss you Irene!!! You beautiful and talented lady.

Irene’s death was hurtful and I didn’t know her personally. I can only imagine how Debbie feels.

She will live forever in our hearts and we will remember her name ♥🦋🌺🕊..And Debbie Allen was my first Black she hero ..watching Soul Train and that ULTRA SHEEN commercial would come on and I would jump up and dance like her, still Beautiful 😍❤🤗

This was definitely a tear jerker for me.. May Irene’s soul be at peace 🙏🏽

I usually play the Fame songs once a week. Thanks to Irene for so much inspiration.

Wow , Irene and Debbie had a 50 year friendship, that`s amazing !.....Two great talents. RIP Irene, your name will be remembered !

Debbie has been and will always be my first inspiration to seeing what a brown skinned girl could see herself becoming and to dream big because she made it seem possible. Irene was also a part of that. For those impressionable years in my youth, they were always in my head. I watched the movie, but mostly the TV show FAME religiously. I am so happy that Debbie continues to inspire and shape the creative dreams of other girls and boys so that they, too, can know their dreams of dance isn't just a dream. #LOVEUDEBBIE

Irene will live forever in our spirit and hearts. She is a legend.

Lord the effect it has when you lose someone you love in death. That’s a sting in your soul yet it cause you to live life on purpose and more lively than ever in their honor. God Bless you Debbie . Keep doing what you do in the dance and choreography arena. Is inspiring even still.

I watched Debbie Allen and Irene Cara. Both of them, "Fame" and talent is the connection.💕💯