Donna Summer dies at age 63

[Malacite]

Donna Summer dies at age 63 – This Just In - CNN.com Blogs

Seventies disco queen Donna Summer has died at age 63, her publicist said Thursday.
Summer rose to pop music fame starting in 1975 with "Love to Love You Baby." She went on to record other songs that proved popular on the dance scene, including "Bad Girls" and "She Works Hard for the Money."

[cidbahamut]

Who?

[DakAttack]

Classy response.

[Firewind]

Who?

This was pretty much my response when a huge pop up of it came up while watching BBC News...

[Satori]

I liked quite a lot of her songs, Maybe it's because I'm a mo.

[Firewind]

I actually looked up a number of her songs and do recognise quite a few of them. A lot of them have been covered by artists, singers and glorified karaoke singers over the years. At first I was rolling my eyes due to being sick of hearing about a Z list celebrity so much as sneezing in the news, but it's a shame to hear that anyone died regardless of who they are.

[cidbahamut]

I actually looked up a number of her songs and do recognise quite a few of them. A lot of them have been covered by artists, singers and glorified karaoke singers over the years. At first I was rolling my eyes due to being sick of hearing about a Z list celebrity so much as sneezing in the news, but it's a shame to hear that anyone died regardless of who they are.

No it's not. People die all the time. Constantly. Right now. Seriously, as you've been reading this several people have all dropped dead.

This isn't some horrible tragedy, it's a normal part of life. It should only hold significance if the person in question was known to you and had some connection to your life, either directly or indirectly.

I'm tired of hearing about "celebrities" dropping dead and everyone expecting me to care about these people who I didn't even know existed until they croaked and made the evening news.

[Firewind]

That's why I said "...it's a shame to hear..." :p

[Satori]

I had 4 patients die during my shift today. It wasn't me you have nothing on me

I just told my other half about Donna Summer dying he said "who"
My reply was "and you call yourself gay!"

[Ketaru]

I just told my other half about Donna Summer dying he said "who"
My reply was "and you call yourself gay!"

What is with gay guys and female singers? I just added this guy on Facebook and his Music Favorites list was...predictable: Mariah Carey, Shakira, Janet Jackson, Britney Spears, Leona Lewis, Rihanna (ugh), Lady Gaga, Christina Aguilera, Beyonce.

[Etra]

For the clueless.

[Aeni]

I'm old enough to know Donna Summers but not old enough to have knowledge of all of her works as an artist. And it's not people are clueless ... they just reflect their own age in their responses here. I'm sure 20 years from now if news comes to pass that Shigeru Miyamoto passed away, you'll probably get the same kinds of responses ... "who dat?" "why should I care?"

[Squiggs]

I'm sure 20 years from now if news comes to pass that Shigeru Miyamoto passed away, you'll probably get the same kinds of responses ... "who dat?" "why should I care?"

Do I have to wait 20 years?

[Yellow Mage]

Song of the year.