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FILE - In this Nov. 2, 1979 file photo, Gerald and Betty Ford, left, Donna Summer, right, and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center board chairman Steve Broidy at a reception prior to gala disco party benefit in Beverly Hills, Calif. Summer, the Queen of Disco who Reed Saxon, File, Associated Press
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FILE - In this Dec. 11, 1977 file photo,Donna Summer holds her award at the Billboard Number 1 Music Awards in Santa Monica, Calif. Summer, the Queen of Disco who ruled the dance floors with anthems like “Last Dance,” “Love to Love You Baby” and “Bad Girl File, Associated Press
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FILE - In this Jan. 18, 1980 file photo, Donna Summer poses with her award at the American Music Awards in Los Angeles, Calif. Summer, the Queen of Disco who ruled the dance floors with anthems like “Last Dance,” “Love to Love You Baby” and “Bad Girl,” ha Nick Ut, File, Associated Press
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FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2009 file photo, Donna Summer performs at the conclusion of the Nobel Peace concert in Oslo, Norway. Summer, the Queen of Disco who ruled the dance floors with anthems like “Last Dance,” “Love to Love You Baby” and “Bad Girl,” has John McConnico, File, Associated Press
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FILE - In this Oct. 21, 1977 file photo, Donna Summer, 27, arrives at Heathrow Airport from Paris. Summer, the Queen of Disco who ruled the dance floors with anthems like “Last Dance,” “Love to Love You Baby” and “Bad Girl,” has died. Her family released File, Associated Press
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FILE - In this June 16, 2004 file photo, Donna Summer appears at a event in London. Summer, the Queen of Disco who ruled the dance floors with anthems like “Last Dance,” “Love to Love You Baby” and “Bad Girl,” has died. Her family released a statement, sa Richard Lewis, file, Associated Press

By Associated Press

Twirling her leopard-print dress on stage in the '70s, proudly holding many of her music awards and performing in recent years on "American Idol", Donna Summer was the ultimate disco queen

Summer, whose hits such as "Last Dance" and "Bad Girls", were the soundtrack to much of the seventies and eighties, died Thursday in Florida. She was 63.

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Here's a look at the life of Summer whose career transcended disco's demise to make her a cross-generational star.

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