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[美洲] Donna Summer, Queen of Disco, dead at 63 after secret cancer battle
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, q$ m2 d& ^0 T6 ^* y! oos.tvboxnow.com- Seventies icon understood to have battled lung cancer - 'diagnosed 10 months ago'
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- Only told husband and three children of her diagnosis
- Will be laid to rest in Nashville following funeral on Monday
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Hot Stuff singer Donna Summer died this morning aged 63 after a battle with cancer, her family has confirmed. 5 m9 a" h/ X9 ?) }' Y: y
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The star, known as the Queen of Disco, passed away in Florida.
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The Seventies icon was battling lung cancer,TMZ is reporting, with sources telling the website Donna believed she contracted the illness by inhaling toxic particles after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb6 [/ k! {. V+ `! s
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Her family released a statement, saying Summer died on Thursday morning and that they 'are at peace celebrating her extraordinary life and her continued legacy'. os.tvboxnow.com, w" s: g0 d: `# V% G, R: Q
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Queen of Disco: Donna Summer, pictured in 1979, has passed away aged 63tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb2 z8 D1 Y% W" H3 o& X, m
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It went on: 'Words truly can't express how much we appreciate your prayers and love for our family at this sensitive time.' She had been living in Englewood, Florida, with her husband Bruce Sudano.
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According to Entertainment Tonight, she was diagnosed with cancer 10 months ago and only told her husband and three children.
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4 k% r" v7 T: d! D4 }1 ~: [5 V; Los.tvboxnow.comSummers, real name LaDonna Gaines, is best know for her string of 70s hits, including I Feel Love, Last Dance and Bad Girls.
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She was a five-time Grammy Award winner and the first artist to have three consecutive double albums reach number one on the US Billboard chart.0 S$ J2 K6 o8 n5 o, \, A
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Secret battle: This is the last picture taken of Summer in public, pictured in October last year just seven months before her death performing in Las Vegas
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, B$ g2 t* t5 G# e2 t公仔箱論壇Hit maker: Summer is know for her popular 70s tracks including Hot Stuff and Bad Girls 公仔箱論壇8 r" h9 l w& S' ]: p: }
) \$ [: a8 J: A7 X9 @1 L( kTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。She was also the first female artist with four No. 1 singles in a 13-month period, according to the Rock Hall of Fame, where she was a nominee this year. os.tvboxnow.com( m2 ^7 E4 B+ k) v$ m# B3 k( e; w
# {$ {5 l8 p, c1 \) m5 RTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。Summer came to prominence just as disco was burgeoning, and came to define the era with a string of No. 1 hits and her beauty queen looks.
! F1 i% W0 ~, P公仔箱論壇Disco became as much defined by her sultry, sexual vocals - her bedroom moans and sighs - as the relentless, pulsing rhythms of the music itself.
3 @$ ^' m1 [ d2 O0 X. u4 |tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbSummers married actor Helmuth Sommer in 1973 before giving birth to the couple's daughter Mimi later that year. TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。& U6 a1 e( Y0 {7 r' [' @
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l0 V& z3 H$ U5 R# qtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbDiva: Summer seen on stage during performances from her heyday in the Seventiesos.tvboxnow.com. a0 z: m9 }3 x" M7 s- F }& z. }
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Seventies crew: Donna takes the stage with Tom Jones, left, and Dolly Parton in 1977 on the Mac Davis: Sounds Like Home show
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. a l# R K3 p; W2 MAlthough the marriage crumbled in 1975, she kept an altered version of her ex's surname to use as her stage name. She married Brooklyn Dreams musician Bruce Sudano in 1980 and the couple went on to have two daughters, Brooklyn, born in 1981 and Amanda the following year.+ X* ~9 C+ R) b8 H, C, ?
& u' M; B1 A* pos.tvboxnow.comIn 1994, the family moved from Los Angeles to Nashville where Donna took time out from showbusiness to focus on painting but had recently returned to the recording studio.
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As well has staggering career highs, Summer also endured personal lows. 公仔箱論壇& {0 V& v. Y2 `* c: o
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'I was really freaked out by the horrific experiences of that day,' Summer, who was at her Manhattan apartment during the 2001 attacks, once said.
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4 y6 v0 L: l7 U: {! w# VFriends eventually intervened and the born-again Christian also found strength in her faith.
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'I went to church, and light came back into my soul,' she said in 2008. 'That heaviness was gone.'公仔箱論壇+ s( I6 I5 u- t ]0 q- ]5 x
Love to Love You Baby, with its erotic moans, was her first hit and one of the most scandalous songs of the polyester-and-platform-heel era.
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! a4 S3 H; X3 `' h% JUnlike some other stars of disco who faded as the music became less popular, Summer was able to grow beyond it and later segued to a pop-rock sound.
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* ~& r. s& f, D4 l; o+ utvb now,tvbnow,bttvbFamily: Summer with her husband Bruce Sudano and their daughter Brooklyn in 2003. The couple also had another daughter together, Amanda. She had a daughter, Mimi, from a previous marriage 1 d, J0 n% q# q1 N: B. l; s [
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Legacy: Brooklyn with sister Amanda Sudanao in 2010 and, right, Donna in the early 70s with her then-husband Helmut Sommer, from whom she took a version of her later name Summer, and their daughter Mimi os.tvboxnow.com z, K! Z" O8 b- t( W% @! }
' G% h0 ]# A1 Ros.tvboxnow.comShe had one of her biggest hits in the 1980s with She Works Hard For The Money, which became another anthem, this time for women's rights.
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Dancing Queen: Shaking some moves at the famous Studio 54 nightclub in New York in the Seventies
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4 m5 n, P1 ~9 T0 z* @; v公仔箱論壇Still, even as disco went out of fashion she remained a fixture in dance clubs, endlessly sampled and remixed into contemporary dance hits.
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Summer, real name LaDonna Adrian Gaines, was born in 1948 in Boston. She was raised on gospel music and became the soloist in her church choir by age 10.
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: i. u! ?) M3 _2 e) G2 U2 D, x公仔箱論壇Love to Love You Baby was her U.S. chart debut and the first of 19 No. 1 dance hits between 1975 and 2008 - second only to Madonna.
" r/ q, P4 p [: Q: L3 O- x( [tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbDuring the disco era she burned up the charts: She was the only artist to have three consecutive double-LPs hit No. 1, Live and More, `Bad Girls and On the Radio.
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She was never comfortable with the 'Disco Queen' label. Musically, she began to change in 1979 with Hot Stuff, which had a tough, rock `n' roll beat. tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb! E$ p$ ? k, o& ?% E
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Summer released her last album, Crayons, in 2008. It was her first full studio album in 17 years. She also performed on American Idol that year with its top female contestants.
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Accolade: Posing in 1979 with the three awards she bagged at the Amerian Music Awards in Los Angeles and, right, performing later that year at the Universal Amphitheatre, also in LA
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5 M; Z2 C, C# ]5 b6 d- D% Stvb now,tvbnow,bttvbPassing of a legend: Donna's family say they are celebrating her fantastic legacy in the wake of her death, pictured here in Florida in 2008
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Billy Ray Cyrus: "R I P #Donna Summer LEGEND!!! Your music will live forever.'' c% z( A, ?5 J$ g- g- ~
! E8 Q; i" e4 vGloria Estefan: 'Few singers have impacted music & the world like Donna Summer! It's the end of an era... Peace & prayers 2 all who loved her. I will miss her!'
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La Toya Jackson: 'My condolence to #Donna Summer's family & love ones. She will be terribly missed. She was truly the #Disco Queen!'公仔箱論壇/ c. u2 a! j$ [, K
, [5 O! T g; y. `& ]: }Timbaland (music producer): 'This cant be tru. i cant believe this RIP Donna Summer. at a lost 4words.' 7 q) N1 p G# y; Y! G
- h2 c8 d" }6 g8 T4 R1 ]tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbRussell Simmons: 'RIP Donna Summer'
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2 w3 c' S4 x4 ]. s/ _6 J" itvb now,tvbnow,bttvbEllen DeGeneres: 'I'm so sad about the news that Donna Summer died this morning. I was a big fan. I even used one of her songs in my show that airs today.'4 |4 l6 v5 |, F0 Y7 S6 C6 _% O
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Quincy Jones: 'Rest in Peace dead Donna Summer. Your voice was the heartbeat and soundtrack of a decade.'
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