Donna Summer Dead (singer, instrumental, artists, 70's)

[cdcdguy]

From TMZ
Donna Summer -- the Queen of Disco -- died this morning after a battle with cancer ... TMZ has learned.

We're told Summer was in Florida at the time of her death. She was 63-years-old.

Sources close to Summer tell us ... the singer was trying to keep the extent of her illness under wraps. We spoke to someone who was with Summer a couple of weeks ago ... who says she didn't seem too bad.

In fact, we're told she was focused on trying to finish up an album she had been working on.

Summer was a 5-time Grammy winner who shot to superstardom in the '70s with iconic hits like "Last Dance," "Hot Stuff" and "Bad Girls."

[steelstress]

RIP Donna... thanks for sharing your enormous talent with us. You were Hot Stuff.

[nightcrawler]

just found out, I am sick over it.



She was one of the great greats. To me, she was leaps and bounds greater over Whitney....


My favorites:


I love you
A man like you
Whispering Waves
Love to Love you
Try me, I know we can make it.


I did hate with a passion though:

Bad Girls, and Hot Stuff, I cringe when I hear those 2 songs. I hated them back in the 70's and still to this day.

[chicago_bound]

Another great one gone. So many of the artists I grew up with are passing away...its sad and scary. I always loved Donna....an amazingly powerful voice. One of the first albums I ever bought as a kid was "She works hard for the Money". RIP Donna and my deepest condolences for her family and loved ones.

[Lucky Lady123]

Listening to CNN right now about Donna's passing. R.I.P. Donna.

[robertpolyglot]

I thought this was a joke post. It's not. This is very sad. Her name is to the disco era what Kleenex is to tissue. Her voice was phenomenal. Until recently, she was on concert tours, often an annual regular at the Silver Legacy in Reno.

One of her better "looks," used on billboards post-2000, looking better than in the late 70s/early 80s:
http://idiotflashback.files.wordpres...mer_hi-res.jpg

Far and away her best song, with a mostly instrumental long version of about 17 minutes as well:

Donna Summer McArthur Park - YouTube

RIP, Donna.

[lifelongMOgal]

Donna Summer dead at 63 after cancer battle | Mail Online

[D217]

Rip

[fitzy24]

I'll always remember her. Rest in paradise, Ms. Summer.

[lubby]

R.I.P Donna I always enjoyed listening to your music. You will be missed