I met Donna Summer in 1991 when I was working on the set of "Honeymoon in Vegas." I was a struggling actor in those days, and I noticed her beautiful artwork on sale in the showroom of the Bally Hotel. In the spotlight was one striking painting that I knew I could not afford, but I knew I HAD to have. It sold for $25,000. but when she learned that I would only make $5,000. for the entire week, she accepted it as payment in full, making the shop owner pretty angry at the monetary loss. She wouldn't even charge me the $250. charge to have it shipped to me. I will never forget her kindness and generosity to me, a total stranger, and just wanted you to know what an incredibly kind and generous human being she truly was.

All I can say is that I miss Donna Summer’s presence in this word as well as her stellar voice. Her music was then and continues to be today, a source of joy in my life.

Summer didn't tell anyone she was sick because she didn't want anyone pitying her.

When I heard after her passing I felt a pain and sorrow as were the loss of a dear friend! Rest in peace, dear lady!

I admired Donna Summer and her talent very much. Her voice truly was a musical instrument. I was sincerely saddened when I first heard of her early death .I respectfully still occasionally offer a prayer for her and her family. Thank you for making beautiful music in the world Donna!

Donna Summer is a true Icon. A true trailblazer. Her music will live forever.

Donna Summer is The Voice to me. Most singers sound the same on every song. Occasionally, Donna did not. This is what set her apart, vocally, from other well known female singers in my book.

Donna Summer was an icon of disco music and she passed way too soon. I will always listen to "on the radio" with a profound feeling of romanticism that no other song can arouse in me, as it was my heartbroken song from the age of 13, still the message always gave me hope to stand firm. Thank you Donna. May you sing forever to the Lord Almighty up in Heaven above. Amen.🙏🙏🙏🍀❤️

Didn’t know Donna was in a group called Crow and now I have to look for it. Thanks Ms Donna Summer for all the all the great songs you gave us and left. RIP The Queen of Disco.

*This Video was absolutely beautiful* Thank you

I loved her she was beautiful inside and out , her vocal chords and passion and faith 💯I believe is what made her excel and even at her untimely ending , she was s 🤫 about her health as she didn’t want this to be apart of her legacy that left us all saddened ,she put disco on the map without a doubt, but she was so much more she was and is an icon and a legend and a true black woman to live and be empowered by , literally on Christmas Eve , 🇬🇧Bcc2 showed a documentary about her life within the music 🎶 industry , I felt this was a beautiful accolade, for a legend 🇬🇧🙏🏽💛💡always Ms Summer’s🕊️🤍

Details about Donna Summer's death may not have been made public. On May 17, 2012, this famous artist passed away after a battle with lung cancer. For accurate information, you should refer to reliable sources or official documents.

2012 was a bad year Whitney’s death then Donna’s death was just too much

She was the best I love all her songs

Really enjoyed this. Thanks whoever uploaded this.

She was my favorite singer always.

it says a lot about how special she was that Barbra Streisand agreed to work with her since Streisand was very selective about whom she collaborated with and even turned down Michael Jackson.

Awesome. On of the best documentaries that lve seen about her.

I loved her so much. I was a big fan.

VERY BEAUTIFUL VOICE❤️🎶

This hurts stop with this she’s gone but was major accomplishment stop digging for dirt rip my queen❤❤❤❤ it’s 2024 …. Love always,,,,,,,,,

RIP angel

She was great,every song was great,and that voice

The pleasure i have is that Donna Summer subscribed to one of my Channels, i was so amazed as she is one of my favorite Artists.

Make no mistake about it. Donna Summer has always had gay friends, from the time she was a young girl until the day she died. She had gay friends around her during that controversy too. Unfortunately, her manager and others chose to ignore the rumors because they thought it was absurd for anyone to believe that Donna Summer could be homophobic or that she would ever say anything so hateful and derogatory about her gay fans. Donna found out about it when an AIDS fundraiser was going to happen on the East Coast, and a general notice was sent out through the William Morris Agency for talent to perform. Donna immediately volunteered, she wanted to do it. She was floored when they responded, saying they didn't want her because she hates gay people. She demanded to know what happened and those closer to her sat her down and told her what had transpired - about a story in The Advocate magazine. She was furious she hadn't been told, but they really thought they were doing the right thing, protecting her when she was expecting a baby. She spoke out several times, trying to clear her name. Some listened, others did not. She had death threats and threats to kidnap her kids. What she told me personally about it, was that the controversy hurt a lot of people that she deeply loved and she had to fight for them. She also said that if they don't want her to sing again, then she won't sing again; but she had faith that it wouldn't come to that. It did, however, damage her career. Then, one day, a magazine printed the story as though it was a proven fact and didn't bother looking into it or asking her publicist or her about it. Because the article was written as fact and not merely the retelling of an old story, her attorney was able to act, and they sued the magazine, initially, for $30 Million. During this time, investigators were sent out trying to get to the bottom of the story. The story was born out of a concert and someone telling Donna that they had AIDS and asked Donna if she would pray for them. Of course, she would! Someone else in the audience was angered that someone asked for her prayers, and she said, Yes, that she would pray for them. This guy yelled at her and said the other guy [ or people with AIDS] didn't need her prayers. She replied by saying, He asked me, and I said I would. So I will. That angry person then contacted The Advocate and they printed this guy's version of the story. People who were at that concert were interviewed for the lawsuit and every single one of the those people who were there and heard the entire thing denied that Donna said anything derogatory about AIDS or gay people, and that she was kind, loving, and sensitive to someone who asked her for something as simple as a prayer. I knew Donna for many, many years, and I can say that I know she has prayed for me, and there was a terrible time in my life, which I told her about, and I could feel that people were praying for me. This is also when Donna shared a very personal and private bit of information about herself with me, and I asked her if her family knew. She said that some do and some do not. I promised I would never tell anyone, that I would honor her privacy. She said, "I know, but that's not why I told you. I shared that with you to help you see that there is a light at the end of the tunnel and that you will get through this. The next time I saw her in person, I walked into her dressing room and as soon as she saw me, she walked across the room and took me by my arm and said she was hoping I would be there so she could talk to me. She pulled me off into a corner and she said, "Okay. Now. How are you?" My eyes started to well up, and she said, "No. Don't cry. How are you?" I smiled, and stuffing down the tears, I said, "I have to thank you. If it wasn't for YOU, my Mother, and my Sister, I don't know that I would have gotten through it. So, thank you." No tears, but there was emotion in my voice. Donna then said, "Okay. I did something for you, now I need you to do something for me." I said, "ANYTHING! Name it!" And she held her arms out and open to me and said, "I need a hug." And so, I hugged her, and she said into my ear, "Scotty. I love you so much. You'll be alright now. Carry on." We both kind of laughed at her mention of "Carry On" because she recorded a song for her longtime friend and producer, Giorgio Moroder, and the song was called Carry On. But, she said it to lighten the moment and helped bring things out of the sadness and to where we wanted the mood to be - loving, respectful friends. When she had her book out, she signed my copy, "To Scotty, Love Mom". Donna told me prior to the lawsuit and the magazine article that led to it, that there were several beautiful gay men that she worked with and that they were all gone now. She said, when I say they were beautiful, I mean they were really beautiful, inside and out. Also, a good friend of hers and her husbands, was a married couple - he was an Oscar-winning songwriter (I got to hold the Oscar), and the wife was a ballsy East Coast interior decorator and managed Donna's business dealings with regard to her painting. She was also in England with Donna while she recorded the Stock, Aiken & Waterman produced album, Another Place and Time. The brother of the Oscar-winning songwriter was gay and a set designer for a very popular and long-running TV series. When he died from AIDS, the show dedicated the entire season to his memory. Donna sang at his funeral. At Christmas one year, I stopped by their house and left a clear glass Christmas ornament with a red ribbon suspended inside of it. Money from the sale went to an AIDS Organization. The wife answered the door and she was in tears when she opened the package, and she immediately put it on their tree. These are good Christian people who believe that loving your gay brother/brother-in-law is a Christian value. I understand not all people who call themselves Christians are that loving and accepting of anyone who is gay. So, what Donna did, is what Donna did best. When times are tough, go in alone, exposed, and tell them how you feel. She did that to settle her lawsuit with Casablanca Records (taken over by Mercury) - went in alone to Mercury, met with the president of the company without any attorneys present, just the two of them, and they came to a quick settlement agreement. So, Donna contacted ACT-Up LA, a somewhat radical AIDS activist group. Donna explained, very simply and to the point, and denied having said the things attributed to her in the Advocate, but if she has done anything to cause hurt, to please forgive her as that is not what she is about. She said she didn't walk away from them, they walked away from her. She also said, I know that you need me because I get a lot of letters from people telling me that. She asked if they could set aside the hurt that they felt, and she would set aside the hurt she felt, and can't we be friends? The answer from Act-Up was YES! And, Donna let it go. But, as I said before, she had gay people around her throughout. WE knew the truth, and we could tell people the truth, but sometimes people just want to stay angry and choose to believe rubbish. But, from thereon, gay clubs played her music, and gay men sold out her concerts. She did two nights at the Gibson Amphitheater at Universal Studios, in Studio City - sold out! That was in a November, I believe, and then she added New Years Eve date at that same venue, SOLD OUT. Her mom had recently passed away, and Donna said she wanted to sing a song for her Mom. She and her sister and other backup singers sang AMAZING GRACE - just her powerful voice belting out this amazing song. My William Morris friend told me, Who else but Donna Summer could get a packed theatre to sing Amazing Grace with her? During the taping of a TV show, I sat between Donna's husband, Bruce, and her long-time attorney (who was with his much younger boyfriend). When Donna passed away, it was one of her decades-long gay friends who provided the press release on behalf of the family. Donna's husband and her sister are just as loving and non-judgmental of gay people, they loved the people Donna loved, and I have had contact with both her sister and her husband a couple of times since her death. I love them too. While doing a photo shoot with Luther Vandross, Luther was looking through the photographer's portfolio, which I had put together, and saw photo of Donna Summer and he told me he LOVED her, but we aren't supposed to like her since she is homophobic. I had a chat with him and got him up to speed - she isn't and never was homophobic, and she loves YOU, Luther. He was really excited and said he was so glad that it's okay to love her again. When Luther died, so sad! An album was put together of Luther's hit songs performed by other artists, and Donna Summer recorded Luther's song "POWER of LOVE". I am honoring my promise to Donna about the personal thing, as far as I am comfortable. She didn't mention it in her autobiography, but her daughter, Brooklyn Sudano, brings it up in the documentary that she produced about her Mother. Brooklyn stated that she cleared this with her Dad before taking on the subject. So, I leave it to them to discuss, but I am not comfortable divulging anything more than what I have said here.

MacArthur park was the bomb Rip Queen

Voice of Donna powerful and precise ❤

Just the best!

A VOICE WE SHALL ALWAYS REMEMBER !!!!!

Sza can play her in an autobiography ❤😊

her best years and best looks were before MTV and we seldom saw her or saw only american footage but she was very picturesque and nice to look at something that women lost by the 1990s.

her husband was italian from my neighborhood. she was the best and gorgeus

rip beautiful lady

❤A Woman In Me❤

Love Donna forever and always

BRAZIL LOVE DONNA !!

Sad leaving her faith

Iconic love to love her baby"

cant listen to this background music. she never disclosed what was going on as far as working on her albums in europe and what she felt about those albums and what was going on related to making those albums. She only talks about her personal experiences in europe. There was a lot that was not told about her time in europe.

Today would be her Birthday ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

she was on vid, stating the dust !

I DANCED MANY A EVENING AT THE GAY CLUBS TO YOUR MUSIC..R.I.P. LADONNA GAINES AKA DONNA SUMMER..BOB IN CINCINNATI OHIO

Very suspect how they kept her death silent. Seem like a contract dead-line to me

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I don't blame her by not saying anything about her being sick and she wonted 2 keep her sickness private so no one can give her pity

So it took 20 minutes to repeat the same thing over and over and not add anything that wasn't already known. So what were we NEVER told about her death? The desperation for clicks and views is unbelievable, pathetic and sickening.👎

Repeating so much stuff and misspelled Giorgio Moroder's name

I pretty much liked all o f Donna's songs except LOVE TO LOVE YOU BABY. I hated that song for obvious reasons

She did make disparaging comments about aids and the gay community, they were not allegations.

I didn’t know that she remembered the 9/11 attack.

WHATS WITH THE CHRISTMAS MUSIC??????

0:24 This photo is not Donna Summer. It's her daughter, Brooklyn Sudano. Do better. You just lost all credibility.

Who wrote this script? Reduce all those spoken words to a single sentence, and the narrative would be just as informative.

Where do lgbt saying comes from who came up with it

click bait heading

My God, this verbal vomit of words said nothing about this great lady. I despise this kind of cl8ck bait. Why didnt you tell anything important about wonderful performer?

Your reflection on Donna Summer's life fell short. What you didn't mention was the incredible musical experience that Donna Summer was. What I recall was her overnight success and the admiration of Gay fans from around the world who never stopped loving her. Because you were too young to be around during her reign as Disco Queen, you missed talking about Ms. Summer's incredible ability to perform to adoring fans and sold out audiences around the world. To say the least, Donna Summer's sold out concerts were incredible and mesmerizing.

She left fame to find poverty!😪

AM I THE ONLY "FAN" WHO ACTUALLY BELIEVES THAT DONNA SUMMER AND RICK JAMES COULD ACTUALLY BE "CLOSELY RELATED?" MAYBE SIBLINGS?🙄😳 VERY CLOSE COUSINS?!

After disco she went down she could only sing disco