Linda Ronstadt spoke exclusively Aarp.org about Parkinson's disease. She mentioned that her voice began to change at age 50. Ronstadt, now 67, had never offered a solid explanation for her 2009 retirement (her book does cryptically mention a time when she had a “still-healthy voice”). Ronstadt finally opened up about the life-altering news she did not include in her book — she has Parkinson’s disease — and its tragic side effect: “I can’t sing a note.” The winner of 11 Grammys during a 40-year career that produced more than 30 albums, Ronstadt recorded her final CD (Adieu, False Heart, with Cajun musician Ann Savoy) in 2006. Three years later — on Nov. 7, 2009 — she gave what she...
- 8/27/2013
- by April Neale
- Monsters and Critics
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