Posted on 08/23/2013 6:55:29 PM PDT by mr fish
The 67-year-old, 11-time Grammy Award winner details her struggle with the disease in an interview with the AARP.
Grammy Award-winning artist Linda Ronstadt has revealed that a recent Parkinson's diagnosis has rendered her unable to sing.
In an interview with the AARP, the 67-year-old says that she was officially diagnosed with the degenerative disorder eight months ago after displaying symptoms as far back as eight years ago.
"I couldn't sing," she told AARP music reporter Alanna Nash, "and I couldn't figure out why. I knew it was mechanical. I knew it had to do with the muscles, but I thought it might have also had something to do with the tick disease that I had. And it didn't occur to me to go to a neurologist."
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Ronstadt says that she had undergone a shoulder operation, and she believed that to be the culprit for her trembling hands.
"Parkinson's is very hard to diagnose, so when I finally went to a neurologist and he said, 'Oh, you have Parkinson's disease,' I was completely shocked," she said. "I wouldn't have suspected that in a million, billion years."
Now, Ronstadt says she "can't sing a note." Throughout her career, which began when she was just 14 years old singing with her siblings, Ronstadt accumulated eleven Grammy Awards, two Academy of Country Music awards, an Emmy Award, a Tony Award and a Golden Globe nom for her role in The Pirates of Penzance. She released her first studio album in 1969 (Hand Sown… Home Grown) and her most recent in 2006 (Adieu False Heart).
Ronstadt recently penned a memoir, Simple Dreams, out Sept. 17, though the book does not address her diagnosis or the loss of her voice.
"No one can sing with Parkinson's disease," she tells AARP. "No matter how hard you try."
The publication's full interview with Ronstadt is slated to run on AARP.org next week.
There is no excuse for this unconscionable slight.
Donna Summer, but not Linda Ronstadt? Darlene Love, but not Linda Ronstadt? Madonna, but not Linda Ronstadt?
Were Ruth Brown, LaVern Baker and Etta James known as rock n’ rollers? They are all in the RRHOF but not Linda Ronstadt.
Can you listen to RRHOF? Or eat it? Drink it? How?
Seems like there is always a few that think we are too tough on the enemy. And they believe we are the enemy and have even said so publicly
In the past week alone, I’ve encountered pro-faggot, atheist and anti-God, pro-illegal aliens, pro-electric cars, pro McCain “Freepers”. You could say they’re a “few”, but that’s a few too many.
There are a bunch of clowns here that have their heads in the sand. Pathetic. I could even argue that what I do here in Hollywood, making sure certain movies move up the development chain in our favor excuses me from the Freepathon but I won’t..
I would say that yes, death is similar.
“Is Parkinson’s a new euphemism for syphilis?”
She has admitted that she slept around ‘a lot.’
She like Zevon ...knew how to pick a good guitarman
Dang, Wardaddy...is that Frampton?
I didn’t know he played with her, if it is.
I saw him several years ago...he is bald as can be, but has the greatest smile. You could tell he was having a blast (or pretending to).
Wow, there’s a name I hadn’t heard in a long, long time. I saw her about 1980, had one of her albums. Will have to look for it tomorrow.
One of the later incarnations of the Stone Poneys was basically the Eagles
I saw her ten years ago and she sucked. She murmured her way through a bunch of Nelson Riddle crap. Sucked I tell ya.
Vile took her ticket sales.
Wow, no boobs.
Waddy Wachtel
played with her and Zevon
keith and his xpensive winos
iggy pop...roxy music
jackson browne
stevie nicks..buckingham nicks and fleetwood mac
several Stones tours and albums
the Cowsills...remember them..on Hair
he was Don Was go to guitar man for many albums uncredited
Joe Walsh
and so forth
Aw, crap, c’mon, we ALL age!
Yes we do, but the vile hate of her ultimate character is pretty much evident.
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