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John Edwards Trial Closing Arguments; Disco Queen Donna Summers Loses Battle with Cancer; Bringing Back Jeremiah Wright Controversy; Mary Kennedy Dies by Asphyxiation; S.C. Mother Takes Son to India for Medical Treatment; Chuck Brown, the Godfather of Go-Go, Dies at 75

Aired May 17, 2012 - 13:00   ET

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SUZANNE MALVEAUX, CNN ANCHOR: I'm Suzanne Malveaux. I want to get right to it. We are following breaking news now. Donna Summer, the queen of disco, really just an amazing talent, an icon, has passed away today. She's died at 63 years old surrounded by family and friends. I want to bring in A.J. Hammer to talk a little bit about some of the details that we are learning around her death. A.J., what can you tell us?

A.J. HAMMER, CNN ENTERTAINMENT CORRESPONDENT: Well, what we do know, Suzanne, is that Donna Summer died this morning reportedly in Florida at the age of 63, apparently dying from cancer. Something that she had kept under wraps. It was not well known at all that she was suffering from an illness. She had reportedly been in the studio very recently working on an album that she was hoping to finish.

We did release a statement from her manager this morning saying, early this morning we lost Donna Summer. Donna, a woman of many gifts, the greatest gift being her faith. While we grieve her passing, we are all at peace celebrating her extraordinary life and her continued legacy. Words truly cannot express how much we appreciate your prayers and love for our family at this sensitive time.

Donna rose to fame in the 70s disco era. She was born in Boston, La Donna Adrienne Gains was her birth name. She was born on New Year's Eve in 1948. Her show biz career really fired up when she was a teenager, that's when she was cast in the international tour of Hair. And when she went overseas to do that, see met and married actor Helmuth Sommer in Austria, he spelled his name with an O, Sommer. But when the marriage ended, she kept his last name, did a little tweak, and that is when she officially became Donna Summer.

And really the hot arc of her career took place between about 1977 and 1984. Songs you know, songs you love like "I Feel Love," "Hot Stuff" "Bad Girls," "On The Radio." And she continued to work and make music and was reportedly working on an album when she died, as I mentioned. Five-time Grammy winner. She had a number one hit on the dance charts as recently as a couple years ago, back in 2010, and has just worked with some amazing artists and producers. The queen of disco. She truly defined an era.

MALVEAUX: And A.J., I don't know if most people know this but in the tradition -- she grew up in gospel music in the house and sang in the church choir, started off. And then as a teenager was in a rock band named "Crow," and then really expanded her musical horizons. I mean, really reached and touched a lot of different communities and people.

And I mean, just to give you a sense of the kinds of people that were drawn to her who wanted to work with her at that time. She was on fire. It's like Bette Midler, the Bee Gees, Quincy Jones, Aretha Franklin, all of them weighing in, collaborating on some of the best things that she did. But "Last Dance," that was one of those -- one of those tunes -- one of those songs where that was the final dance, that was the end when the party really got going and shut down. I mean, people across the country, even across the world really took to her music and took to that kind of energy and excitement and outreach that she brought to so many different people.

I want to read a couple tweets that are coming in from a whole bunch of celebrity people and singers. Mario Lopez, rip Donna Summer. I remember roller skating to hits like "Last Dance" and "Hot Stuff" and "Bad Girls," synonymous with the 70s. And this from La Toya Jackson, my condolence to Donna Summer's family and loved ones. She will be terrible missed. She was truly the disco queen. Alyssa Milano says, I used to do interpretative dance in my living room to Donna Summer's music when I was a little girl, rest in peace.

I mean, so many people weighing in and reflecting on the years and years of music that she brought to all of us and really defining an era. When you think about the 70s, there is no other person that really defined the disco era than Donna Summer with the crazy outfits and the big hair and, really, the words pushing it -- just pushing it ever so far. And that really was what the 70s was all about, people expressing themselves and expressing themselves in their music and their dance and their hairstyles and all the crazy bell bottom pants and everything else that we recalled.

HAMMER: And you know, you mentioned the songs, and really for Donna Summer, what makes her so unique when you look back at the history of pop music and the history of disco and the dance era, is that these songs weren't just hits, they were all anthems. You talk about a song like "Last Dance," and "Anthem," "Love to Love You Baby," really the first song that people got to know Donna Summer through, an "Anthem." Even her song "On The Radio," that was from 1983, and we keep seeing the great art from that song come up where she's sitting in a car, yet another anthem.

All of them truly songs that defined an era, songs that shaped people's lives who were growing up, whether, you know, just everyday citizens, people going to clubs, or the artists that came into prominence in the 1980s, and you talk about a song like "Bad Girls." We were talking about that earlier. It had such an energy. It was a song about prostitution, even a little avant-garde for the moment, but that whistle sound became so prominent in the dance clubs and in dance music and a lot of that to do with the fact that Donna Summer and her producers chose to put it in that massive hit song for her.

MALVEAUX: Yes, she really brought it. Well A.J., we're going to -- if you have more details at all about when we can celebrate her life, when the funeral, the service, her family, please bring that to us, but, again, we just want to bring it to you, 63-year-old Donna Summer, queen of disco, has passed away today.

I want to move on to other news. The drama that's unfolding in Greensboro, North Carolina, a courtroom. The attorneys in the John Edwards' corruption trial are getting one last shot to sell their case to the jury. Now, they're presenting their closing arguments today. Diane Dimond, she's been inside the courtroom listening intently and, as we know, she's a special correspondent for "Newsweek" and "The Daily Beast." So Diane, tell us, first of all, how did this go? What did they -- how did they wrap this up, so to speak?

DIANE DIMOND, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT, "NEWSWEEK" AND "THE DAILY BEAST": Well, they haven't yet. It's only about halfway through, Suzanne, and I have to tell you my head is just full. So, let me just give you my impressions. The government went first, Robert Higden is the prosecutor. He is a North Carolina boy, and he was very storyteller in style. He told the whole story from the beginning to end, the first time Rielle Hunter came into the then-senator Edwards' life, to when they had to escape North Carolina because she was pregnant. Their life on the road.

And throughout it all, he punctuated it with phone records or the voice mail left by John Edwards at one point and other exhibits that the jury has already seen, but he wove a fascinating tale that put it all together. Then it was Abbe Lowell's turn. He did the closing for the defense. He has a completely different style. He is from Washington, D.C. , as you know, not from North Carolina. He moves around a lot as he talks. He checked his watch at least six times that I saw because they were under a time constrain constraint.

He was very laser focused in the law, and, of course, that's what this trial is all about, Suzanne. It is about the law and did John Edwards willfully and knowingly violate a campaign finance law or two or three or four or six? There are six in the indictment. So, he spent a lot of time not telling a story, but concentrating on the law and ripping to shreds Andrew and Cheri Young. They, of course, the key prosecution witnesses. At one point, he called them the Bonnie and Clyde of this case. When he talked about Andrew Young saying, well, we had to go on with this scheme because --

MALVEAUX: Right.

DIMOND: -- after the election ended because the candidate wanted to be the vice president or maybe attorney general. Abbe Lowell said to that, you can just laugh right out loud at that. So, it was a very personal and prolonged attack on the Youngs, especially Andrew Young. Of course, he was the lead-off witness here.

MALVEAUX: And Diane, how much do you think the jury is going to get caught up in some of the more salacious details of this case? I mean, you really did have a -- kind of an extraordinary story, a sordid tale told in that courtroom, and, ultimately, it is going to come down to a very dry, legal explanation in terms of whether or not he knew what this money was being used for.

DIMOND: Yes.

MALVEAUX: Do you think the jurors are looking and paying attention to the more dry legal aspects of what this case is all about or getting kind of more caught up in some of the salacious details?

DIMOND: Hmm, well, you know what? They are said to be listening more intently today than they have been in a long time, because, remember, at the end of this case, we were going through long lists of phone numbers. So, I think the short answer to your question is, I think they're paying attention to both. They know this is the end. This is the big wrap up.

But let me put it to you this way, Suzanne, I have always thought why couldn't it be both ways? Why couldn't John Edwards have acted the way he acted because, A, he was having this salacious affair and wanted to keep it from his wife, and he wanted to protect his political aspirations? So, if there's even one little doubt in a juror's mind that, hey, I think he did this, I believe, not a doubt, but I believe he did this to save his political career, well, then that's guilty. If it's just a doubt, gee, I don't know, maybe he did it, well, then that's reasonable doubt, and I have to tell you, Abbe Lowell, just -- he must have used the term reasonable doubt, I don't know, 500 times or something.

I'm exaggerating on that, but I have to give you one quote that he said about Bunny Mellon. He talked about, you know, campaigns want contributions. What is a campaign contribution and how many campaign contributions have you seen that come with a handwritten note from the donor that ends with, a big hug and all my love, Bunny? He said that that doesn't sound like a campaign contribution. Those came through her office in New York and so what if he was conspiring -- so what if he was speaking on the phone a lot with Fred Baron. They call it a conspiracy, conspiring. They were friends. So, what if they were talking. He was -- he was a campaign finance chairman, of course they were talking about the campaign.

MALVEAUX: OK.

DIMOND: So, they each have another hour to go and then jury instructions.

MALVEAUX: All right. We're going to leave it there, Diane, and if you have more details, we'll brick you back. Thanks.

Here is what we're working on this hour.

(voice-over): Power, fame, and more than their share of tragedy. We get a look at the continuing saga of the Kennedy clan as the investigation continues into the sudden death of another member of America's famous family.

And while everyone is arguing over the price of Facebook, the social media giant is quietly figuring out how much you're worth to them.

And saying good-bye to the queen of disco. (COMMERCIAL BREAK)

MALVEAUX: Gay families are descending on the nation's Capitol Hill, right now. Parents and children all meeting with law makers to discuss marriage equality, safe schools, adoption, and other family concerns. Zach Wahls, he's among the 100 family there is to lobby Congress, and he joins us live from the Hill. So Zach, very good to see you. You have been a very powerful voice when it comes to same- sex marriage.

ZACH WAHLS, AUTHOR, "MY TWO MOMS": Thank you.

MALVEAUX: You have written two books. Well, you wrote one book here called "My Two Moms," " Lessons of Love, Strength and What Makes a Family," and you also --

WAHLS: That's right.

MALVEAUX: -- have provided testimony before the Iowa state House last year, and that went viral. I want to play a little bit of what that was all about for our viewers.

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WAHLS: The point is that our family really isn't so different from any other Iowa family. You know, when I'm home we go to church together, we eat dinner, we go on vacations. but, you know, we have our hard times, too. we get in fights.

You know, actually my mom Perry (ph) was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2000. It's a devastating disease that put her in a wheelchair, so we have had our struggles. But we're Iowans. We don't expect anyone to solve our problems for us. We'll fight our own battles. We just hope for equal and fair treatment from our government.

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MALVEAUX: So, Zach, you are back in Washington. I understand that you spoke with Iowa senator Chuck Grassley. What are you hoping to accomplish today? What did you tell him?

WAHLS: Suzanne, I'm hear with the Family Equality Council, the country's leading advocacy group for families like mine. We're here talking, as you mentioned in the intro, things like same-sex adoption. It's this really rough patchwork of laws that's not consistent all across all 50 states. The Every Child Deserves a Family Act that we're encouraging senators to co-sponsor, including Senator Grassley, who I'll be speaking with in just about 30 minutes here.

We're also talking about safe schools, which are very important. I went to a public school in Iowa City, and the fact is there are schools all over this country that kids still don't have the protection they need from other kids who, you know - kids will be kids. And we have to make sure our schools are safe for all the kids in them. And then finally, making sure everybody in the Senate is aware of the Respect for Marriage Act which would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, which is a flagrant violation of the Tenth Amendment. And we're looking forward to making sure we can remove that from the books and have marriage equality in this country.

MALVEAUX: Zach, obviously the big news that came out just the last couple weeks, President Obama coming out in support of same-sex marriage. When you heard that, how did you -- what did you think about your own family?

WAHLS: It was pretty incredible. There's no doubt about it. It was a very full circle moment for us. My moms, we've talked, we've had these conversations. They never thought they would live in a country where they'd be able to get married. You know, have a sitting president endorse their marriage. It really was a big moment for a lot of us.

I think some people get kind of caught up in the political calculus or what have you. But to be honest, Suzanne, I'm just happy to have his support.

MALVEAUX: And did you think that this is a time where the nation needs to move forward, go forward even more, that there needs to be laws that protect that union?

WAHLS: Of course. In this country, we have seen a steady march towards more liberty and more freedom. And this is another part of that long march towards, you know, the shining city that I think President Reagan spoke about. And I really do feel that the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act is going to be one of those important steps in that journey to the shining city.

MALVEAUX: Zach, what do you want people to know just on a personal level about who you are and what your family is about?

WAHLS: I think there are a lot of misconceptions about what it means to have lesbian parents in this country. I think there are a lot of folks who might think it's radically different from having a mom and a dad. And to be honest, the biggest difference I have been able to see between my life and my male friends who have straight parents is compared to them, I'll really good at putting the seat down.

(LAUGHTER)

So, if this is the big gay scourge we have to be worried about, I think as a country we're probably going to be okay.

MALVEAUX: That was really funny, Zach. Do you think --

WAHLS: Thank you very much.

MALVEAUX: Do you think that we need to use more humor to get -- to further this discussion? It seems like people are very either one way or the other and kind of angry and serious about it all. WAHLS: You know, it's a passionate issue to be sure, and I think humor is a good way of defusing some of that and helping us all step back and realize the impacts on this aren't necessarily going to be as earth shattering as some people might have you believe. I think there is a lot of very violent rhetoric that is thrown around, and to be honest, it happens from both sides.

The fact is not all people who are opposed to same-sex marriage are bigots or hateful for ignorant. Likewise, not all people who are supporting marriage equality are Godless, colonoizing sodomites. So, I think if we can move past some of these stereotypes on both sides, we're able to have this real conversation. Understand at the end of the day my family isn't looking for some radical change to the law. We're looking for due process and equal protection, just like all families in this country have and deserve.

MALVEAUX: All right. Zach, thank you very much. Obviously good to see you as always.

WAHLS: Thank you, Suzanne.

MALVEAUX: And please keep up with us. Let us know how things are going for you and your moms. Appreciate it.

WAHLS: Will do. Thank you.

MALVEAUX: OK. So, while everybody is arguing over what Facebook is worth, the social media giant quietly weighing on just how much you're worth. We're going to explain up next.

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MALVEUAX: All right. Enough talk about how much Facebook is worth. We're going to find that out tomorrow.

But did you ever consider that Facebook can actually put a price on you? That's right. Want to bring in Richard Quest to talk about it. So good to see you, Richard. Facebook pretty important to a lot of people, but I don't know, really? I mean, now they're putting a dollar figure on us as users? How so?

RICHARD QUEST, CNN INTERNATIONAL HOST: Well, yes, right. OK. Play along with me at home as we do this, as they say.

So there are 900 million users roughly worldwide and there are roughly $4 billion of revenues. Those are the large numbers, if you like, Suzanne. But now how much are each one of us -- because you are probably worth more to them than me, and I am probably worth less than half the people --

MALVEAUX: I don't know. Let's see.

QUEST: All right. Go to this place (INAUDIBLE), the online privacy company and now we start to answer the core questions. So I'm going to do it for myself or should I answer for you? How about that?

MALVEAUX: Either way.

QUEST: All right. Where do you live? All right, you live U.S.

MALVEUAX: U.S.

QUEST: how many Facebook friends do you have?

MALVEAUX: Let's say 5,000.

QUEST: Whoa! You really must get a life.

MALVEAUX: They're not really friends.

(LAUGHTER)

QUEST: How do you use Facebook's like buttons?

MALVEAUX: I don't.

QUEST: I will answer this one for you. Oh, no, of course. I don't ever click on the. Sensible woman.

How many photos do you paste on Facebook? I'm guessing you probably post more than one a month.

MALVEAUX: Yes, that's probably true, yes.

QUEST: Okay. Do you have a farm, a gang, or play Words with Friends? No you don't.

MALVEAUX: No, no time for that.

QUEST: All right. How much money do you make? Under $50,000, over $50,000, you're in the highest tax bracket.

(LAUGHTER)

MALVEAUX: I can't talk about that.

QUEST: All right. I have answered it for you.

MALVEAUX: OK, just put that in. You know what it is.

QUEST: How long do you think you will be using Facebook? I think it's going to be basically as long as my friends are using it.

MALVEAUX: Yes, yes. That's probably right.

QUEST: Are you ready?

MALVEAUX: Yes.

QUEST: This is how much you as an entity, bearing in mind the revenues and the advertisers, this is the price Facebook puts on you a year from their advertisers. Here we go.

MALVEAUX: What is it? Can you see that?

QUEST: It's -- I must have missed one. Hang on. The games one. No, they're all there. Ah! They're all there but it hasn't -- anyway --

MALVEAUX: Well! That was your score?

QUEST: Oh! Even worse! Mine -- how annoying. Mine showed I was worth roughly $8 a year to Facebook in terms of revenue. And the way they got the number was from the S-1 registration statement from -what they did is they took all the details from the Securities and Exchange Commission and what's in the documents that Facebook -- they put them all together and they came up with this rough idea of how it was done.

MALVEAUX: So what is this all about? I mean, so -- what are we supposed to do with this information? If you have a high value, is that something somebody --

QUEST: We're not.

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MALVEUAX: No. This is Facebook's. This is Facebook roughly working out how they're going to get more money for each one of us. They don't care if I don't use it. But they do care if you don't use it if you're worth, say, $16, $17, $18 a year. I was only worth $8 a year in advertising revenue, but there will be people out there who will be worth $20, $30, $40 a year.

And what this tells us is that Facebook as it mines the information from us, as it gets further into our lives, will be putting a price on each one of us. And for people like me, it's adios, au revoir, good- bye.

MALVEAUX: My producers just told me they did the calculations for me, and they said I came out at $47. So, you know --

QUEST: You see!

MALVEAUX: A little higher.

QUEST: I knew! I knew! A little bit! a little bit!

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MALVEAUX: A little bit more than you. Are you going to buy? That's the question. Are you going to buy?

QUEST: Listen, you wouldn't tell me how much you earn, and you have the chutzpah to ask if I'm going to buy Facebook!

(LAUGHTER)

MALVEAUX: I'm going to have you back on tomorrow and see what the answer is. Fascinating stuff. As always. Thank you, Richard. Good to see you. QUEST: Thank you.

MALVEAUX: Super PACs on the attack as independent groups outside the campaigns dig in for the fight for the White House.

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MALVEAUX: Donna Summer, the queen of disco, 63 years old today died. This five-time Grammy award winning singer, songwriter, composer, icon, really spectacular individual. A lot of people who are weighing in offering their support and their condolences. I want to play a little bit of "On the Radio" for you. Just a taste of what her talent was.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

(SINGING)

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MALVEAUX: Makes you want to celebrate, dance, laugh. Just makes you feel good, her music. She collaborated with so many greats, so many individuals, Bette Midler, Quincy Jones, Aretha Franklin, the Bee Gees, just to name a few.

The tweets are coming in. I want to read a couple from a lot of celebrities and singers.

Gloria Estefan says, "Few singers have impacted music and the world like Donna Summer It's the end of an era. Peace and prayers to all who loved her. I will miss her."

Ryan Seacrest says, "I remember sitting in the front seat of my mom's Toyota while she sang Donna Summer's 'She Works Hard for the Money' song. They were just classic."

Billy Ray Cyrus, "He says, RIP, Donna Summer legend. Your music will live forever."

Donna Summer, 63, just an amazing person and one who I truly enjoyed and appreciated her music."

Moving on, if you think the presidential race is intense right now, just wait. "The New York Times" says the Republican super PAC may revive the whole Jeremiah Wright controversy as part of a hard- line campaign against President Obama. Reverend Wright was President Obama's former spiritual adviser, whose racially charged sermons became a huge issue back in 2008.

Joining us to talk about that is Brian Monroe, CNNpolitics.com editor.

So, Brian, good to see you here.

This is what everybody has been talking about today kind of the anticipation and the buildup, and then now we are hearing perhaps the pushback. You have a very wealthy individual, Joe Rickets, I believe, and he is a billionaire. He puts forward this ad and says -- at least according to "The New York Times," that they're going to use Jeremiah Wright, bring him back again, to attack President Obama.

BRIAN MONROE, CNNPOLITICS.COM EDITOR: He was the -- his family headed T.D. Ameritrade, which is a big brokerage firm and they're very popular. But we just found out -- CNN's Wolf Blitzer, just got a statement from the Rickets camp saying that they basically are rejecting the plan. Let me see if I can read it to you. "Not only was this plan merely a proposal, one of several submitted to ending spending funds by third-party vendors, but it reflects an approach to politics that Mr. Rickets rejects, and was never a plan to be accepted, but only a suggestion for a direction to take."

So it seems like he's even backing away from it. We saw earlier, Mitt Romney repudiated the direction. It looks like the Republicans are quickly running away from that kind of an approach.

MALVEAUX: Why do you suppose that's the case? This would work in their favor. And they don't have a lot of control over the super PAC anyway. You could you come out and denounce this and still benefit from it, from those attacks from that super PAC.

MONROE: There certainly could be a benefit in a longer race, but one of the things that -- this could easily backfire against the Republicans for bringing up the Jeremiah Wright issue, because there are issues around religion on the Romney side that are already very sensitive. And, you know, as my mom used to say, don't go there. If they go there, it could open up a big can of worms.

MALVEAUX: It was really a problem for the Obama campaign in 2008. I remember really, at that time, very well when they were trying to rejigger the whole approach because they thought this is make it or break it and he denounced Reverend Wright's comments and he went on to make this incredible speech about race. We hear from Democratic sources that they are in conference calls, in emergency meetings. These are organizations backing Obama who are worried about this becoming an issue. What does this say to you, that they are so concerned that this would come up again?

MONROE: Back in the 2008 race, when this first came up around the spring of 2008, first, Obama was hesitant to, as you say, throw Reverend Wright under the bus, but then after a series of press conferences and meetings and the Philadelphia speech where he stood up on race, it was a very real issue for the campaign. Hillary Clinton made it a big deal, and they think they put that -- they thought they put that to bed. If it comes up again in 2012, it could be incendiary.

MALVEAUX: It's one of those things -- what it looks like to me is that they are responding very quickly, where there was a lot of criticism in the past that they moved a little too slow, and sometimes didn't even respond to some of the criticism, now it looks like they are definitely going to fight every step of the way as soon as it becomes an issue. MONROE: Yes, that's one thing we're seeing in this campaign is that the Obama election/re-election group in Chicago are being very quick, both in playing offense in going after Romney on some of his own issues and very quickly on the defensive when something like this happens.

MALVEAUX: All right. Brian Monroe, good to see you, as always. Appreciate your perspective.

MONROE: Thanks.

MALVEAUX: She was the mother of four, a member of one of America's most glamorous families, and we have the latest details on the tragic death of Mary Kennedy.

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MALVEAUX: Now to the latest tragedy for the famed Kennedy family. Autopsy results show Mary Kennedy died due to asphyxiation due to hanging. The 52-year-old estranged wife of Robert Kennedy Jr was found dead in her home yesterday.

Alina Cho has the story.

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ALINA CHO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The medical examiner's office has confirmed to CNN that Mary Kennedy died from asphyxiation due to hanging, not a surprise given the reporting in the past 24 hours. As for what happened, citing two unnamed sources, "The New York Times" is reporting that Mary Kennedy's body was found hanging in the barn in the back of the house and that authorities did arrive and did try to revive her.

One thing we do know for certain is that the last few years were not kind at all to Mary Kennedy. She battled a lot of demons. The public problems began in May of 2010 when her husband, Robert Kennedy Jr, the nephew of President John F. Kennedy, filed for divorce. She was arrested for driving under the influence. It happened twice in 2010, once for alcohol, and once for prescription drugs. One charge was reduced, the other was thrown out, but nonetheless, it did happen. There was also a domestic incident the night after Robert Kennedy filed for divorce during which he told authorities his wife was intoxicated. The couple has four children, all under the age of 18, just heartbreaking. The divorce, we should mention, was never finalized, so at the time of Mary Kennedy's death, they were still officially married.

Mary Kennedy's family released a statement saying, in part, "Our heart goes out to her children, who she loved without reservation." And Robert Kennedy Jr also released a statement saying, "Mary inspired our family with her kindness, her love, her gentle soul, and generous spirit."

She was 52 years old.

Alina Cho, CNN, New York.

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MALVEAUX: So tragic.

We are also saying farewell to the man they called the Godfather of Go-Go. (SINGING)

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MALVEAUX: Seems like we can't escape. Millions around the world use it. Mark Zuckerberg, the founder, routinely shows up on magazine covers. Now the Facebook IPO has put it in the headlines. There's even a movie about it, but what about a musical?

Here is Jeanne Moos.

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JEANNE MOOS, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Face this, Mark Zuckerberg, the movie about you takes two hours.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: Drop the "the." Just Facebook.

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MOOS: But it tells less than four minutes to tell your life story in "Zuckerberg, the Musical."

(SINGING)

MOOS: Using songs borrowed from Cats.

(SINGING)

MOOS: Borrowed from "Hair," borrowed from "West Side Story."

(SINGING)

MOOS: You'll find this musical on YouTube, not Broadway.

JOE SABIA, FO-FOUNDER, CDZAMUSIC.COM: Everyone that you see performing is a Juilliard-trained musician.

MOOS: It's the latest release from the Collective Cadenza, CDZA, for short. "Zuckerberg, the Musical", covers every phase of Facebook from --

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Scene number seven, expansion.

(SINGING)

MOOS: -- to Facebook's role as the champion of democracy. (SINGING)

MOOS: CDZA says it creates music video experiments. Their first experiment was called --

SABIA: "History of Lyrics that Are Not Lyrics."

(SINGING)

MOOS (on camera): Put your lips together for their next video.

(WHISTLING)

MOOS (voice-over): "The History of Whistling" --

(WHISTLING)

MOOS: -- 26 songs covering 98 years.

(MUSIC)

MOOS: Now to ride the noise of Facebook going public, they're hoping you'll like their song about the "like" button.

(SINGING)

MOOS: Finally, we get to Mark Zuckerberg taking Facebook public.

(SINGING)

MOOS: Go ahead and mock Markie. CDZA doesn't just sing about Facebook, they're on it.

(SINGING)

MOOS: Jeanne Moos, CNN --

(SINGING)

MOOS: -- New York.

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MALVEAUX: Good stuff.

Who needs an excuse for a second cup of coffee? The latest word on what it means and what it does for your health.

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MALVEAUX: A desperate mom from South Carolina took her 6-year- old son all the way to India for experimental embryonic stem cell therapy. A doctor in New Delhi claims she can ease, and even, at times, cure a wide range of debilitating and fatal illnesses by using procedures banned in the United States. Hundreds of Americans have gone to her clinic. They have spent thousands for the therapy despite the absence of proven medical evidence.

Drew Griffin takes us there. This is the first time an American TV crew has had access to an embryonic stem cell clinic abroad.

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DREW GRIFFIN, CNN INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT: How many patients do you have a day here?

DR. GEETA SHROFF, NUTECH MEDIWORLD: Plenty.

GRIFFIN: Plenty?

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From all over the world?

DR. SHROFF: Yes.

GRIFFIN (voice-over): When she gives us a tour, patients are indeed from everywhere, with an astonishing array of severe problems.

DR. SHROFF: He's getting his injection, yes?

GRIFFIN: This man is from Baghdad, a paraplegic because of multiple gunshot wounds.

(on camera): Is this your first time here?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes.

GRIFFIN (voice-over): This Indian toddler, she says, has a genetic disorder similar to the one affecting Kash (ph). And this American teen was paralyzed three years ago in a motocross accident in southern Illinois.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Before I came here, I had no movement in my left hand between the fingers and in my left hand, and now I can contract them good.

GRIFFIN (on camera): What you're doing now is new?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, that's new, for sure.

GRIFFIN: It may seem like a tiny improvement, but it is the kind of thing the Dr. Shroff likes to emphasize when she claims she is making the incurable better. Still, no other scientist, no published studies back up her claims.

(on camera): But you're taking ALS?

SHROFF: Yes, that's a neurodegenerative. So neurodegenerative I am taking up as a group. Spinal cord injuries, I take up as a group. Cerebral palsy and genetic disorders, I am taking up. And what else? Muscular skeletal disorders.

GRIFFIN: Are you curing them? What is the word you would use?

SHROFF: I am helping improve their quality of life.

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MALVEAUX: Drew Griffin joins us from Los Angeles.

Drew, it was evident here, the doctor is choosing her words carefully. She did not answer the question whether or not she was curing people of these conditions. So is there evidence that she is making the lives better or is she curing?

GRIFFIN: Yes, Suzanne, she is using her words carefully, because she is not curing anyone's medical condition. There is no scientific proof that any of this is actually happening. There are no studies. She is running no clinical studies. This is based on feel, how patients feel. You saw the one kid from Illinois who could move his fingers a little bit. He thought that was after this treatment.

But quite frankly, when we were there -- and you will see in this hour-long documentary -- these patients really aren't sure what is being injected into them. We asked to go to the lab where these embryonic stem cells are manufactured in a way, and we were denied access. All you're doing is get getting injected with something, and these patients seem to feel that it is helping them.

MALVEAUX: It almost seems like there is a suggestion that this is something that they are thinking, that it is a mental thing, that they are thinking that somehow they feel better, that there is no evidence that really is happening?

GRIFFIN: That's an -- absolutely correct. As you will see, we followed this one child -- his name is Kash Verdaman (ph) -- and his parents love him so much. They raised all of this money, $75,000 raised. They went over to India not once but twice, hoping there would be some kind of help for Kash (ph), who has an incurable genetic disorder. They want to believe it, not only for their son's life, but they want to believe it, so they're not embarrassed by raising all of this money and spending it on this unproven treatment.

What you will see in this hour is really the struggle that so many people go through. They're at the end of their rope. There is -- as many of them told us, there is no plan b, so where do I go? The doctor is providing at least hope for these, and they are hoping that they're just not getting ripped off.

MALVEAUX: Drew, it is a fascinating story, and I know you're going to have a lot more on this family's search for a cure.

You don't want to miss this one. This investigative report, "Selling a Miracle," that is Sunday night at 8:00 eastern on CNN.

The morning cup of coffee many of us cannot live without, including myself, may help us live longer. That's right. Good news. Major study by the National Institute of Health found that people that drink two or more cups of coffee a day, less likely to die from several diseases than people who drink little or no coffee. Those diseases include respiratory illnesses, stroke, heart disease, diabetes, and infections. Coffee drinkers also had better survival rates from accidents as well as injuries. The risk was roughly 15 percent lower in women and 10 percent lower in men. It didn't matter if the coffee you were drinking is caffeinated or decaf. Good news.

Be careful about the sunscreen you use this summer. That is the message from the Environmental Working Group's annual sunscreen guide. The group tested 100 sunscreens and found only 25 percent protect your skin without using potentially harmful chemicals. They say more than half of the sunscreens tested contain a chemical linked to hormone disruption and potential cell damage called oxybenzone. They've improved it for children older than six months and many contain a type of vitamin A the group says may increase your risk of skin cancer.

Now, saying farewell to the man they call the Godfather of Go-Go.

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MALVEAUX: You may feel the world is less funky today, you are right. Chuck Brown has died. His band, the Soul Searchers, had a huge hit in the late 70s, "Busting Lose." That song and the innovative sound gave him the nickname the Godfather of Go-Go. It stuck with Chuck Brown for the rest of his life.

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CHUCK BROWN, SOUL SEARCHERS BAND MEMBER: Go-Go came about during the time disco was happening and we were doing top 40. And we used to do 15, 20 songs a night from our own sound, so when I put the band together in 1966, after I left a group called the Low Sextinas (ph), they had a Latin sound with that percussion and all. And I decided to put my own band together and I decided to use that particular ingredient, you know.

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BROWN: It just goes and goes and goes. We don't stop. We just keep going. They had go-go clubs, go-go girls, and didn't have no go- go music, and I decided to call it go-go music.

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BROWN: It is just another form of funky music, audience participation, you know, response, and everybody joins in.

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BROWN: You hear that beat. It is a type of groove. If you hear it, you going to move something. Just move your head or pat your feet or something. It is going to get to you. (SINGING)

BROWN: Everywhere we go, you never know what you hear. You will get Sugar Bear. And you know, and my man Sugar Bear, man, we go way back. I first met him when he was 16 years old.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You going to party. That's what it means, party music, and it is good. It is fun music. It never stops.

BROWN: It is home grown. It's D.C. music. This is where it originated from and will always be here. Over 30 years now, and I am very proud to say that.

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BROWN: We go all over the world, and I can't wait to get back here. I mean, we get love everywhere we go, but there is no love like the D.C. love.

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MALVEAUX: Chuck Brown, I grew up on his music. Go-go music in D.C.

CNN NEWSROOM continues right now with Ashleigh Banfield.

Hey, Ashleigh.

ASHLEIGH BANFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: Hey, Suzanne. Thank you so much.