Donna Summer died Thursday morning after a battle with lung cancer.
Lovingly named the "Queen of Disco," the 63-year-old was in Florida at the time of her death, according to TMZ. Born LaDonna Adrian Gaines, the 5-time Grammy award winner rose to fame in the '70s with hits like "Hot Stuff," "Bad Girls" and "Love to Love You Baby."
Our
sources tell us a member of Whitney's entourage found her in her
4th-floor room at the Beverly Hilton hotel ... and called hotel security
-- who then dialed 911. When paramedics arrived Houston was found
unresponsive.
We're told police arrived to the scene within
minutes and fire was already there on an unrelated call. According to
our sources, paramedics performed CPR but it did not work and she was
pronounced dead at 3:55 PM.
Our sources say there were no
obvious signs of foul play, but BH PD detectives have begun a full
investigation. We're told she was ID'ed by family and friends. L.A. County Coroner Ed Winter told our photog at 7:09 PM that it is too early in the investigation to tell what happened.
The singer famously battled drug addiction for years. Houston was seen out in Hollywood Thursday night for a Grammy party ... and she did not look well. She even briefly took the mic and performed a song while she was there -- what would become her last performance. Houston won two Emmy Awards, six Grammy Awards, 30 Billboard Music
Awards, 22 American Music Awards during her record-breaking career. Her
album "Whitney" was the first female album to ever debut at #1 on the
Billboard Charts. She has sold 200 million albums worldwide.
Houston had one child, Bobbi Kristina, with husband Bobby Brown. Houston and Brown were married from 1992-2007.
