BB 10 contestant Sophia Brown has died aged 30

Sophia Brown on  BB10

It is reported that Sophia Brown from BB10 has sadly passed away at the age of 30, Sophia had suffered with Lupus from childhood.

She was made a housemate on BB 10 from a public vote on Day 4. On Day 6 Sophia was nominated for eviction by her fellow housemates.  On Day 9 she became the second evictee with 91.2% of the public vote.

Donna Summer, Queen of Disco, dead at 63 after secret cancer battle

• Seventies icon understood to have battled lung cancer
• 'Believed she contracted illness by inhaling toxic particles after  9/11 attacks'
• Family statement:  'Celebrating her extraordinary life and her continue legacy'

By Daily Mail Reporter

PUBLISHED: 16:45, 17 May 2012 | UPDATED: 17:51, 17 May 2012

Hot Stuff singer Donna Summer died this morning aged 63 after a battle with cancer, her family has confirmed.

The star, known as the Queen of Disco, passed away in Florida.

TMZ is reporting the Seventies icon was battling lung cancer, with sources telling the website Donna believed she contracted the illness by inhaling toxic particles after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York.

In a statement to the website, the singer's family said they 'are at peace celebrating her extraordinary life and her continue legacy'.

Queen of Disco: Donna Summer, pictured in 1979, is understood to have passed away

Sources say she had attempted to keep the extent of her illness from fans and was recently trying to finish up her latest album.

Summers, real name LaDonna Gaines, is best know for her string of 70s hits, including I Feel Love, Last Dance and Bad Girls.

She was a five-time Grammy Award winner and the first artist to have three consecutive double albums reach number one on the US Billboard chart.

She also charted four number-one singles in the United States within a thirteen-month period.

Summers married actor Helmuth Sommer in 1973 before giving birth to the couple's daughter Mimi later that year.

Although the marriage crumbled in 1975, she kept an altered version of her ex's surname to use as her stage name. She married Brooklyn Dreams musician Bruce Sudano in 1980 and the couple went on to have two daughters, Brooklyn, born in 1981 and Amanda the following year.

Health battle: The singer, pictured in 2005, is said to have lost her fight with cancer

Hit maker: Summers is know for her popular 70s tracks including Hot Stuff and Bad Girls

In 1994, the family moved from Los Angeles to Nashville where Donna took time out from showbusiness to focus on painting but had recently returned to the recording studio.

As well has staggering career highs, Summer also endured personal lows.

She suffered serious depression in the wake of September 11 terrorist attacks in New York.

Diva: Summer seen on stage during performances from her heyday in the Seventies

Family: Summer with her husband Bruce Sudano and their daughter Brooklyn in 2003. The couple also had another daughter together, Amanda. She had a daughter, Mimi, from a previous marriage 

'I was really freaked out by the horrific experiences of that day,' Summer, who was at her Manhattan apartment during the 2001 attacks, once said.

'I couldn't go out, I didn't want to talk to anybody. I had to keep the blinds down and stay in my bedroom.'

Friends eventually intervened and the born-again Christian also found strength in her faith.

'I went to church, and light came back into my soul,' she said in 2008. 'That heaviness was gone.'