Donna Summer Claimed 9-11 Gave Her Cancer

By: Jenée Desmond-Harris | Posted: May 21, 2012 at 7:54 PM

Donna Summer (Ethan Miller Collection/Getty Images)

Donna Summer claimed 9/11 gave her cancer: Summer, who was battling lung cancer, reportedly said that she believed she got the disease that eventually killed her after inhaling air after the attacks on the Twin Towers.

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