Donna Summer: celebrating a life in pictures

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Donna Summer: a life in pictures

To celebrate the life of Donna Summer, who has died at the age of 63, enjoy these images

Summer recording in a studio in 1970

 

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Donna Summer on stage circa 1970

 

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Donna Summer with producer Giorgio Moroder in 1976

 

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Summer in a 1976 photo shoot

 

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Summer chats on stage with US president Gerald Ford and first lady Betty Ford circa 1976

 

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Summer is seen here performing with Tom Jones, Mac Davis and Dolly Parton on the Mac Davis: Sounds Like Home TV show in 1977

 

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Summer after having received the Billboard Number 1 Music Award in 1977. Summer won numerous awards in her career including five Grammys, six American Music Awards and she had three multi-platinum albums

 

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Summer gets a lift from the then body builder Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1977

 

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Summer poses for an album cover session in 1978

 

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Summer in a still from the film Thank God It's Friday, 1978

 

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Summer interviewed by Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show in 1978

 

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Summer onstage with the vocal group Brooklyn Dreams, which consisted of Joe Esposito, Eddie Hokenson and her boyfriend at the time Bruce Sudano, in 1979

 

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Barry Manilow with Donna Summer and Sir Elton John perform at Elton's White Tie & Tiara Ball in 2003

 

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Summer performs under a disco ball in 2005

 

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Summer performs with Earth, Wind and Fire in 2007

 

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Summer performs at the conclusion of the Nobel Peace concert in Oslo, 2009

 

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Donna Summer what a life of joy to most of us we will remember you for your contribution in the dance music of the 1970s

 

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[h=1]Donna Summer obituary[/h] American singer with a string of sexually charged chart-topping hits in the 1970s

Donna Summer in 1978, the year of her first US chart-topping single and her film acting debut – as a disco singer. Photograph: Getty

 

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Donna Summer could best be described as a disco queen of the 1980s

 

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R.I.P Donna Summer.
She'll remain a legend for her music.