From 1990 she lived in the United States with her second husband Michał Sobolewski , whom she married in 1989 while being in relationship from 1976 for 35 years till her last day. Her daughter with Sobolewski, Monika Sobolewska was born in Poland in 1982 and graduated from Texas Tech University in art-communication design. Jarocka was performing continuously in the States and European countries. Her first marriage, to Marian Zacharewicz, was dissolved.Wywiad w Wiadomości24.pl, wiadomosci24.pl; accessed 2 October 2014 (in Polish). She maintained continuous ties with her public in Poland while living periodically in Warsaw during her frequent concert tours there. In 2007, she published an autobiographical novel, Motylem jestem, czyli piosenka o mnie samej.Jarocka, Irena (2007) Motylem jestem, czyli piosenka o mnie samej, Proszynski I S-Ka; ; retrieved 2 May 2011 She died, aged 65, in Warsaw, from brain cancer.Notice of death of Irena Jarocka , wiadomosci.onet.pl; accessed 2 October 2014.
