Donna Summer died of lung cancer , her family says . But she was n't a smoker , and the cancer was n't related to smoking . Her family issues a statement to correct inaccurate reports about the cause of her death . Thursday , New York 's ` `` Bad Girls '' , '' died age 63 at Thursday .
Donna Summer died of lung cancer , her family says . But she was n't a smoker , and the cancer was n't related to smoking . Her family issues a statement to correct inaccurate reports about the cause of her death . Summer , America 's `` queen of disco , '' died Thursday at age 63 .