# Donna Summer has died. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 17, 2012, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-summer-has-died/622218 "2012-05-17T15:58:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-summer-has-died/622218/1 "2012-05-17T15:58:07Z")
Breaking news right now [on TMZ](http://www.tmz.com/2012/05/17/donna-summer-dead-last-dance/). Nothing on the big news sites yet. I guess she’s been fighting cancer. She worked hard for the money. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-summer-has-died/622218/2 "2012-05-17T16:00:13Z")
Fuck cancer. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-summer-has-died/622218/3 "2012-05-17T16:02:15Z")
Seconded. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-summer-has-died/622218/4 "2012-05-17T16:04:34Z")
Wow. Either she was very young or I’m much older than I remember ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-summer-has-died/622218/5 "2012-05-17T16:07:45Z")
I was never into disco, but her death makes me feel old. RIP, Donna. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-summer-has-died/622218/6 "2012-05-17T16:08:46Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Fuck cancer. Seriously this. ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-summer-has-died/622218/7 "2012-05-17T16:15:30Z")
Overall, I didn’t like disco much, but I did like her stuff. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-summer-has-died/622218/8 "2012-05-17T16:21:14Z")
She was 63. ---
**Author:** ![Patience\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ec9cab/32.png) [@Patience\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patience_Jones)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-summer-has-died/622218/9 "2012-05-17T16:21:20Z")
My mother was such a fan of hers. And “On the Radio” was a big favorite for me when I was a kid. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-summer-has-died/622218/10 "2012-05-17T16:25:25Z")
That’s a damn shame. And, yeah: Fuck cancer. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-summer-has-died/622218/11 "2012-05-17T16:30:25Z")
[msnbc link](http://todayentertainment.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/17/11745326-donna-summer-dead-at-63?lite) RIP, Donna. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-summer-has-died/622218/12 "2012-05-17T16:32:24Z")
N/M ---
**Author:** ![Angie1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/65b543/32.png) [@Angie1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angie1)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-summer-has-died/622218/13 "2012-05-17T16:36:27Z")
RIP Donna - a great lady with a big voice. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-summer-has-died/622218/14 "2012-05-17T16:36:30Z")
She had a great voice. Disco brought her success, but may have limited her career. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-summer-has-died/622218/15 "2012-05-17T16:37:03Z")
When my generation is old and in the nursing home, they are going to fuck with us by playing “Last Dance” on the p.a. system, and watch us all try to frantically write our phone numbers on cocktail napkins. ---
**Author:** ![Sally\_Mander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@Sally\_Mander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sally_Mander)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-summer-has-died/622218/16 "2012-05-17T16:44:25Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > When my generation is old and in the nursing home, they are going to fuck with us by playing “Last Dance” on the p.a. system, and watch us all try to frantically write our phone numbers on cocktail napkins. And there will be a lot of broken hips when everyone gets up and tries to dance. With their walkers. RIP, Donna. She was one of the great ones. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-summer-has-died/622218/17 "2012-05-17T16:45:58Z")
Oh, that’s sad. She had such a wonderful voice, and was also very easy on the eyes. So many good songs! RIP, Donna! ---
**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, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-summer-has-died/622218/18 "2012-05-17T16:48:14Z")
She was absolutely the Queen of Disco. This is another one that makes me sad. And yes, I started a thread in the wrong forum; I reported it myself as soon as I realized. We all make mistakes. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-summer-has-died/622218/19 "2012-05-17T16:53:17Z")
Ask not for whom the bell tolls … Bad Girls was the first album I bought with my own money (I think I was nine or ten). In retrospect, I could have done a bit better, but I certainly could have done a lot worse. ---
**Author:** ![orcenio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orcenio/32/1036_2.png) [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-summer-has-died/622218/20 "2012-05-17T16:53:28Z")
Damn; I loved [loving her](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1ArZEFwRsY). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-summer-has-died/622218.md?page=2)