沪江娱乐:70年代风靡全世界、有“迪斯可皇后”之称的美国传奇女歌唐娜·莎曼(Donna Summer)于昨日(5月17日)在美国因癌症过世,享年63岁。唐娜·莎曼曾经是5度葛莱美音乐奖得主,纵横70年代到80年代初期。1997年,葛莱美奖首设最佳舞曲唱片,唐娜成首位获奖者,并5度摘得格莱美奖。据悉,唐娜莎曼的最后一张专辑是在2008年发行新专辑“蜡笔”(Crayons),发行时还曾在美国偶像登台献唱。

Donna Summer -- the Queen of Disco -- died this morning after a battle with cancer ... TMZ has learned.

We're told Summer was in Florida at the time of her death. She was 63 years old.

Sources close to Summer tell us ... the singer was trying to keep the extent of her illness under wraps. We spoke to someone who was with Summer a couple of weeks ago ... who says she didn't seem too bad.

In fact, we're told she was focused on trying to finish up an album she had been working on.

Summer was a 5-time Grammy winner who shot to superstardom in the '70s with iconic hits like "Last Dance," "Hot Stuff" and "Bad Girls." 

(经典歌曲Bad Girls&Hot Stuff串烧)

LaDonna Adrian Gaines (December 31, 1948 – May 17, 2012), known by the stage name Donna Summer, was an American singer/songwriter who gained prominence during the disco era of the 1970s. She had a mezzo-soprano vocal range, and was a five-time Grammy Award winner. Summer was the first artist to have three consecutive double albums reach number one on the U.S. Billboard chart, and she also charted four number-one singles in the United States within a 13-month period.

Summer died on May 17, 2012. The Associated Press reports that she died in the morning at her home in Key West, Florida at age 63 following a battle with cancer.The Bradenton Herald quotes "Sarasota County records" stating that she lived in Englewood, Florida at the time of her death. The reference did not state the place of her death.