I Kissed A Girl singer-songwriter Jill Sobule dies in house fire

Jill Sobule has died aged 66 (Invision/AP)

Jill Sobule, the award-winning singer-songwriter behind I Kissed A Girl, has died in a house fire aged 66.

Her death in Woodbury, Minnesota, was confirmed by her publicist, David Elkin. It was not immediately clear how the fire started.