Last Dance

[Esav Benyamin]

Another good act closed forever.
At least I can still watch the videos ...

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."

[jdm61]

Sad. As i have grown older, I have realized that although I was one of the "disco sucks" people, a fair bit of that music from people like Ms. Summer was MUCH better than the hideous bubblegum pop that proceeded it and also much better than the pop that followed it. While not my taste. much of it was real music written and performed by talented folks and this lady was one of the better ones. RIP.

[geargeek]

She was a very fine lady, and I was sorry to hear about her passing. Her song "Bad Girls" was one of the best of the genre; she had a lot of soul.

[BA_Colt]