{"id":78452,"date":"2020-09-30T06:55:40","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T03:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/helen-reddy-singer-of-i-am-woman-dead-at-78\/"},"modified":"2020-09-30T06:55:40","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T03:55:40","slug":"helen-reddy-singer-of-i-am-woman-dead-at-78","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/helen-reddy-singer-of-i-am-woman-dead-at-78\/","title":{"rendered":"#Helen Reddy, singer of ‘I Am Woman,’ dead at 78"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Helen Reddy, singer of ‘I Am Woman,’ dead at 78<\/strong>”
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\n Helen Reddy, the feminist icon behind the hit anthem \u201cI Am Woman,\u201d passed away Tuesday at the age of 78, her family announced.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved mother, Helen Reddy,\u201d the singer\u2019s children, Traci Donat and Jordan Sommers, said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was a wonderful mother, grandmother and a truly formidable woman. Our hearts are broken. But we take comfort in the knowledge that her voice will live on forever.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reddy died Tuesday afternoon in Los Angeles, her family confirmed to USA Today<\/a>. She had been dealing with \u201csome health and memory issues\u201d and living in an assisted care facility before her death, her daughter told the paper.<\/p>\n

The Australian singer enjoyed several hits but the release of \u201cI Am Woman\u201d in 1972 catapulted her to stardom. The song earned her a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and led her to become the first singer from the country to top the US charts.<\/p>\n

Reddy famously punctuated her acceptance speech for the award by praising God \u201cbecause She makes everything possible.\u201d The song became the soundtrack to the women\u2019s liberation movement.<\/p>\n

Unjoo Moon, the director of a 2019 biopic of Reddy\u2019s life called \u201cI Am Woman,\u201d shared a photo of her and Reddy<\/a> Tuesday night on Instagram, reflecting on what Moon called an \u201camazing 7-year friendship.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI will forever be grateful to Helen for teaching me so much about being an artist, a woman and a mother,\u201d Moon wrote. \u201cShe paved the way for so many and the lyrics that she wrote for I am Woman changed my life forever like they have done for so many other people and will continue to do for generations to come.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe will always be a part of me and I will miss her enormously.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n