# Donna Summer Dead at 63

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-summer-dead-at-63/622217>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 17, 2012, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-summer-dead-at-63/622217 "2012-05-17T15:53:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-summer-dead-at-63/622217/1 "2012-05-17T15:53:13Z")

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Just announced on the radio, Donna Summer has died at 63. No cause given yet.

RIP Ms Summer. You WERE the Disco Queen. ☹

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**Author:** ![dngnb8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@dngnb8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dngnb8)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-summer-dead-at-63/622217/2 "2012-05-17T16:07:15Z")

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> [@PapSett](#):
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> Just announced on the radio, Donna Summer has died at 63. No cause given yet.
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> RIP Ms Summer. You WERE the Disco Queen. ☹

I guess that was the Last Dance

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**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-summer-dead-at-63/622217/3 "2012-05-17T16:08:32Z")

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Perhaps the wrong forum as this thread already exists in Care Society?

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**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-summer-dead-at-63/622217/4 "2012-05-17T16:34:07Z")

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> [@Laggard](#):
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> Perhaps the wrong forum as this thread already exists in Care Society?

> **[Donna Summer has died.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=652110)**
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> Breaking news right now on TMZ. Nothing on the big news sites yet. I guess she’s been fighting cancer. She worked hard for the money. RIP.