Music Industry Loses Two More

It seems of late that more than the average number of singers and musicians have been passing away.  We're only half way through May, and two more have joined the growing list of celebrity deaths.

On May 17, 2012, the music world lost the "Queen of Disco", Donna Summer.  Summer was 63, and suffering from cancer; cancer she believed was caused by harmful things in the air after the 9/11 attacks.  Summer lived near where the attacks took place in 2001.

Robin Gibb, one third of the mega-group, the Bee Gees, passed away May 19, 2012.   Gibb, who was 62, had recently been in a coma in the hospital, due to a bout with pneumonia.  At the time doctor's didn't think Gibb would survive; however Robin did come out of the coma, and was seeming to make great progress in recovering.  It was the return of the colon and liver cancer, on the heels of the pneumonia, that caused Robin Gibb's death.

Being a lover of music, it's always sad to hear that the music world has lost more talented artists.  Honestly, even those in their 60's really aren't that old to be dying so soon.

I never had the privilege to see Donna Summer in concert; though I did like her music. On the other hand, I've been a Bee Gees fan since the 60's and saw them in concert at the height of their disco heyday in the 70's. 

Whether you were a fan of the disco era or not, there's no denying that both Donna Summer and Robin Gibb, (as part of the Bee Gees), contributed greatly to the music world.  As with other great artists that have passed on, both will be sorely missed.