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Dorchester-born disco queen Donna Summer dead at 63
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Dorchester-born disco queen Donna Summer dead at 63

Disco queen and Dorchester native Donna Summer lost her battle with cancer this morning. The original “Bad Girl” was 63. Details are scarce now, but according to reports, she was in Florida...

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Donna Summer takes a soda break in between signing autographs at her brother’s restaurant, Cajun Joes Chicken, in Cambridge. (1990)
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