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Jolie Rouge
05-17-2012, 08:55 AM
May 17, 2012 10:50 AM CDT
By Theresa Seiger


(RNN) - Donna Summer, the 5-time Grammy award winning singer who dazzled the world with hits like Last Dance and Hot Stuff, has died. She was 63 years old.

According to TMZ, she was in Florida at the time of her death.

In 2008, Summer was nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. She has sold more than 130 million records worldwide.

She is survived by her three children and her husband, singer Bruce Sudano.

http://www.wafb.com/story/18494655/donna-summer-has-died


Donna Summer dead at 63
By Gael Fashingbauer Cooper

Disco legend Donna Summer died Thursday at age 63, reportedly after a battle with breast cancer.

TMZ was the first to report the singer's death, and the site reports that she was recording an album at the time of her death. The Grammy-winning singer, nicknamed the Queen of Disco, had numerous hits in both the 1970s and 1980s, including "Last Dance," "She Works Hard for the Money" and "Bad Girls."

Summer was the first female artist to chart with back-to-back multi-platinum double albums. She appeared in the 1978 film, "Thank God It's Friday," which won the best original song Oscar for "Last Dance." Summer also appeared on the 1990s hit TV show "Family Matters."

Summer won five Grammy Awards and six American Music Awards, and charted three multi-platinum albums. She is survived by her husband, three daughters, and four grandchildren.

http://todayentertainment.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/17/11745326-donna-summer-dead-at-63?lite

pepperpot
05-17-2012, 09:06 AM
Wow, so sad. :(

Jolie Rouge
05-17-2012, 09:32 AM
When ever I think of Donna Summer I think of this song ....


Spring was never waiting for us dear
It ran one step ahead
As we followed in the dance

MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet, green icing flowing down
Someone left the cake out in the rain
I don't think that I can take it
'cause it took so long to bake it
And I'll never have that recipe again
Oh, nooooo

I recall the yellow cotton dress
Foaming like a wave
On the ground beneath your knees
The birds like tender babies in your hands
And the old men playing chinese checkers by the trees

MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet green icing flowing down
Someone left the cake out in the rain
I don't think that I can take it
'Cause it took so long to bake it
And I'll never have that recipe again
Oh, nooooo

[Instrumental Interlude]

MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet green icing flowing down
Someone left my cake out in the rain
I don't think that I can take it
'Cause it took so long to make it
And I'll never have that recipe again
Oh, nooooo

Never understood the lyrics... but it is a great song -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacArthur_Park_(song)