R.I.P. Donna Summer

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By Nads | Thursday, May 17, 2012 | 11:22 am | 8 Comments
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The Queen of Disco, Donna Summer, passed away this morning. She was 63. TMZ reported that she died of lung cancer and she believed to have contracted it from toxic particles in the air after the 9/11 attacks in New York. So, so, so sad.

R.I.P.

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Although comedy is her profession, Nadine has accomplished a lot in her young age. She is a national champion black belt, a world-class soccer player, and an avid snowboarder. She started playing soccer at the age of 4, and continued playing through college where she majored in Biology, but quickly realized her destiny was to tell jokes, not to wear a lab coat. So she decided to be funny while finishing her Bachelors Degree in biology and continued on to get her M.B.A. Nadine’s comedy style is much like her athleticism, fearless. She’s made her way up the comedy ladder very quickly, and has become a club favorite at many of the country’s top comedy clubs, including the Improv chain. Performing in the Boston Comedy Festival and being noted as the “one of the youngest and brightest up and comers” and traveling to the Middle East to entertain the troops are just a few of her notable accomplishments. These days Nadine splits time between the stage, a radio studio, her computer blogging, and a television studio. Nadine’s TV, Radio, Writing credits include: national commercials, talking head roles on E! Entertainment, Showtime’s Hot Tamales Live, The Skinny: Fat Free News, The Sunny Side of The Truth: Real World Hollywood, TVgasm, Zazreport, Daddy’s Girls, Jerseylicious, celebrity interviews on Mania TV, a weekly half-hour television show that syndicates to colleges across the country for National Lampoon and a nightly radio show on XM Satellite Radio.

8 Comments

  1. 1
    sheesh sheesh
    Posted May 17, 2012 at 12:16 pm

    I loved her music.
    I have her “best of” cd and “Dim All the Lights” is my fav.

  2. 2
    LooneyLioness LooneyLioness
    Posted May 17, 2012 at 12:53 pm

    toot toot . . . awwww. . .beep beep. . . .toot toot. . . RIP. You will be missed!

  3. 3
    vallegirl vallegirl
    Posted May 17, 2012 at 12:59 pm

    @sheesh – Dim All The Lights is my favorite, too. She had such a beautiful and versatile voice and her vocals on that song especially where so free. It’s like junior high is really finally over.

  4. 4
    Classy Drunk classy drunk
    Posted May 17, 2012 at 1:02 pm

    There’s nothing like being tipsy with your girlfriends and Bad Girl comes on. Le sigh…

  5. 5
    BellicoseBaby
    Posted May 17, 2012 at 1:07 pm

    ::sigh:: Say what you will about disco and the 70′s, but there was a vibrancy and earnestness (and absence of cynicism) that I wish the kids and teens of today could experience. RIP, Donna Summer.

  6. 6
    S-Natch S-Natch
    Posted May 17, 2012 at 1:58 pm

    @ Bellicose Baby – very well put. She truly was the voice of a generation. IMO better than Whitney – such richness and emotion. Donna will be missed.

  7. 7
    LAC LAC
    Posted May 17, 2012 at 2:48 pm

    The King of Go-Go and the Queen of disco – RIP. That is one heck of dance party going on in heaven.

    My mother hated the “bad girls” album. My sister and I would dance around the room (’cause we loved it) and she would come in, indignant about an album about “streetwalkers” (her words).

  8. 8
    OutHouseCat
    Posted May 17, 2012 at 2:51 pm

    Donna was the absolute bomb in the 70′s. Drinking beer underaged, dancing, riding around listening to the radio on the FM converter b/c all the cars came with AM only back then. I’d love to go back for just one summer night.

    RIP Donna. You will always be part of my best memories.

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