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Photos: Disco legend Donna Summer
Disco legend Donna Summer —
Disco legend Donna Summer died at the age of 63, her publicist said Thursday. Summer was best known for such hits as "Love to Love You Baby," "Bad Girls" and "She Works Hard for the Money."
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Summer won five Grammy Awards over the course of her career.
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Summer gets a lift from future movie star and politician Arnold Schwarzenegger at her home in Los Angeles in April 1977.
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"I don't like to be categorized because I think that I am an instrument, and if you play me, I'll make whatever particular sound is supposed to come out for that color, and so, in the overall spectrum of things, I'm just trying to be true to my, what I feel my mission is," Summer said in 2008.
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In 1978, "MacArthur Park" became Summer's first song to hit No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart.
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Summer performs in Washington in 1978.
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Summer broke out of the disco mold with her 1979 album "Bad Girls."
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Summer appears with Dick Clark on "American Bandstand" in 1978.
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Summer played Nicole Sims in the movie "Thank God It's Friday" in 1978. She won her first Grammy for a song from the soundtrack, "Last Dance."
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Summer and her song "I Feel Love" were inducted into the Dance Music Hall of Fame in 2004.
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Summer joined Will Smith at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert honoring Barack Obama on December 11, 2009, in Oslo, Norway.
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"Early this morning, we lost Donna Summer Sudano, a woman of many gifts, the greatest being her faith," a family statement said. "While we grieve her passing, we are at peace celebrating her extraordinary life and her continued legacy. Words truly can't express how much we appreciate your prayers and love for our family at this sensitive time."