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作者: vandas 時間: 2012-5-18 05:39 AM 標題: Donna Summer, Queen of Disco, dead at 63 after secret cancer battle

Donna Summer, Queen of Disco, dead at 63 after secret cancer battle

Seventies icon understood to have battled lung cancer - 'diagnosed 10 months ago'
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'Singer believed she contracted illness by inhaling toxic particles after 9/11 attacks'
Only told husband and three children of her diagnosis
Will be laid to rest in Nashville following funeral on Monday
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Family statement: 'Celebrating her extraordinary life and her continued legacy'

Hot Stuff singer Donna Summer died this morning aged 63 after a battle with cancer, her family has confirmed.
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The star, known as the Queen of Disco, passed away in Florida.8 b0 c4 E( i4 T- }% U3 Y

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,bttvb2 u8 N8 H* t8 d( ]

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'. 5.39.217.76- |+ E' B* V% D) o6 h, w* A
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Queen of Disco: Donna Summer, pictured in 1979, has passed away aged 63+ k' o3 x! h. t$ C

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.

Sources told TMZ she had attempted to keep the extent of her illness from fans and was recently trying to finish up her latest album. 5.39.217.76" ?1 ` M( B( Z" J3 ]1 \ o

According to Entertainment Tonight, she was diagnosed with cancer 10 months ago and only told her husband and three children.
ET also reports she will be laid to rest in Nashville on Monday following her funeral.

Summers, 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.公仔箱論壇0 q0 A6 t* D3 [. @ r5 d$ M: h
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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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Hit maker: Summer is know for her popular 70s tracks including Hot Stuff and Bad Girls 6 O+ a* Q- a) P5 M- o# D; I
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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.
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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. 7 Q% Y$ R1 m- L9 d- Z& G" i
Disco became as much defined by her sultry, sexual vocals - her bedroom moans and sighs - as the relentless, pulsing rhythms of the music itself. 公仔箱論壇# T4 F; x  M6 L# ^5 J9 j
Summers married actor Helmuth Sommer in 1973 before giving birth to the couple's daughter Mimi later that year.
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Diva: Summer seen on stage during performances from her heyday in the Seventies+ v% m" n! N i$ l8 f" L

Seventies crew: Donna takes the stage with Tom Jones, left, and Dolly Parton in 1977 on the Mac Davis: Sounds Like Home show公仔箱論壇% k$ v& l" L, k4 D P

Although 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.

In 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.

As well has staggering career highs, Summer also endured personal lows. ' Q* C3 m/ Q. e7 e' L; @

She suffered serious depression in the wake of September 11 terrorist attacks in New York.
'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. * r; r# p7 ?2 T3 s
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'I couldn't go out, I didn't want to talk to anybody. I had to keep the blinds down and stay in my bedroom.'

Friends eventually intervened and the born-again Christian also found strength in her faith.

'I went to church, and light came back into my soul,' she said in 2008. 'That heaviness was gone.'
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. ' w* m$ I; _+ A$ V& `

Unlike 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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Family: 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
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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
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She 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 SeventiesTVBNOW 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。/ V% y% Y+ _/ s$ b% b+ z1 t. Z2 M
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Soon after, Summer became a born-again Christian and faced controversy when she was accused of making anti-gay comments in relation to the AIDS epidemic. Summer denied making the comments, but was the target of a boycott. # Q! l: b* V* T5 A

Still, even as disco went out of fashion she remained a fixture in dance clubs, endlessly sampled and remixed into contemporary dance hits. 5.39.217.76* ~& P% t8 I' f: L4 A5 W# k2 \

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.

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.
During 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. tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb& i/ t: m& u4 Y

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. 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。& l- O; P. X" x* b

Her diverse sound helped her earn Grammy Awards in the dance, rock, R&B and inspirational categories. 5.39.217.767 o1 \. M6 q- H, V. V% `0 e

Dionne Warwick said in a statement that she was sad to lose a great performer and 'dear friend'. tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( b; M% `& U6 o0 Y$ V7 S

'My heart goes out to her husband and her children,' Warwick said. 'Prayers will be said to keep them strong.'

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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Passing 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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Dionne Warwick: 'My heart goes out to her husband and her children. Prayers will be said to keep them strong.'
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Billy Ray Cyrus: "R I P #Donna Summer LEGEND!!! Your music will live forever.'5.39.217.761 \: t" V; p! C9 l) A  R1 @+ B
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Gloria 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!'tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb7 H  G% T$ Y9 N% r3 z; i8 D
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Timbaland (music producer): 'This cant be tru. i cant believe this RIP Donna Summer. at a lost 4words.'

Russell Simmons: 'RIP Donna Summer'

Ellen 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.'
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Quincy Jones: 'Rest in Peace dead Donna Summer. Your voice was the heartbeat and soundtrack of a decade.'公仔箱論壇4 w9 [0 C+ @% k, U! q6 f0 l
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作者: vandas 時間: 2012-5-18 05:42 AM

的士高王后Donna Summer病逝
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Donna Summer年前在諾貝爾和平獎音樂會中演出。（法新社圖片）公仔箱論壇% r8 I& n; K" v* Q/ B

有「的士高王后」之稱的美國傳奇唱作女藝人Donna Summer與癌症搏鬥多年後，美國時間周四早上在佛羅里達州逝世，終年六十三歲。
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美國娛樂消息網站TMZ透露，Donna Summer一直試圖隱瞞病情，不想人知道她病得如何嚴重，讓人以為她在專注完成一個專輯。她的家人亦於本港時間今日凌晨發出聲明，證實她去世。+ P4 v H: [+ H. c+ _# w! a
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曾五奪格林美大獎終年63歲
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終年六十三歲的Donna Summer，在七十年代憑藉多首膾炙人口的名曲，包括《Last Dance》和《Bad Girls》而紅得發紫，五次贏得格林美音樂大獎，她的歌曲由七十年代一直紅到八十年代。% b1 f+ u9 Z- y4 w6 s `) D
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Donna Summer和她的製作人Giorgio Moroder界定了七十年代的舞蹈音樂時代，並對Duran Duran和David Bowie的風格發揮影響。% N2 O5 x' a5 u) r% a! {+ s
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作者: tyktyk22000 時間: 2012-5-18 12:35 PM 標題: 的士高皇后Donna Summer癌病逝世

外號「的士高皇后」的美國黑人女歌手Donna Summer，當地時間周四早上因癌病離世，終年63歲。

家人發聲明指，Donna在家人陪伴下去世。

多位圈中人像著名騷靈女歌手Aretha Franklin、鄉謠界老牌女歌手桃麗芭頓、芭芭拉史翠珊等都表示傷感，而美國總統奧巴馬亦指，與太太米歇爾都難以忘懷Donna的歌聲，「樂壇太快失去一名傳奇」。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。% T/ d: Q5 q* U% |
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英國男歌手「大姑媽」艾頓莊則指Donna的唱片直到今時今日依然動聽，她從沒被選入樂與怒名人堂「可是一種恥辱」。

Donna Summer在70年代開始走紅，多次奪得格林美音樂獎及全美音樂獎項，三張專輯銷量達到白金唱片紀錄。

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