Donna Summer dead at 63: Legendary disco singer succumbs to battle with cancer: report

The singer came to define the sound of late '70s and early '80s radio

Updated: Thursday, May 17, 2012, 12:10 PM

New York, NY-5/30/08-Donna Summer performs live on "The Today Show's Summer Concert Series" from Rockefeller Plaza-PICTURED: Donna Summer-PHOTO By: Debra L. Rothenberg/Freelance, NYDN

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Donna Summer performing on 'The Today Show' in Rockefeller Plaza.

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The Queen of Disco is dead.

Donna Summer died Thursday morning after succumbing to a long battle with cancer, TMZ.com reported. She was 63.

Born in Boston on New Year's Eve 1948, Summer came to define the sound of late '70s and early '80s radio with hits including "Last Dance", "Bad Girls" and "She Works Hard for The Money".

The five-time Grammy winner leaves behind two daughters with husband, songwriter Bruce Charles Sudano, and another daughter from a previous marriage.

Sources told TMZ that the singer was trying to complete an album at the time of her death.


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