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Linda Ronstadt: Parkinson's Took My Singing Voice
The Hollywood Reporter ^ | 8/23/2013 | Sophie Schillaci

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.


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To: Bethaneidh

There’s a positive note. Thanks for posting.


61 posted on 08/23/2013 8:41:03 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: mr fish

I have prayed Psalms 58 and 59 over many people. Ronstadt was one of them. She can sort it out with God.


62 posted on 08/23/2013 8:42:04 PM PDT by righttackle44 (Take scalps. Leave the bodies as a warning.)
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To: berdie

Actually Annette Funicello had MS, not Parkinson’s, but both can cause an awful downward spiral. That last documentary they made of her struggle was heartbreaking, but they were trying to raise money for support of a controversial treatment, CCSVI. I’ve have MS, and most people aren’t aware of what end stage progressive MS can look like. Her husband is a saint.

http://www.ctvnews.ca/w5/annette-funicello-her-life-with-multiple-sclerosis-1.984202


63 posted on 08/23/2013 8:43:01 PM PDT by memyselfandi59
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To: max americana
I'm with you, Max. IMNSHO, every Leftist, statist, socialist, communist, or liberal (not "progressive", as they call themselves) out there is an enemy of America. They put the current so-called "leadership" in office, and as such, are my/our enemies. By worshiping at the altar at Leftist humanism, they've shown themselves to be enemies of God. If they ask for my forgiveness, I'll give it. But until they do, I have nothing but contempt for the lot of them.

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

64 posted on 08/23/2013 8:48:25 PM PDT by wku man (It's almost deer season, got your DEERGOGGLES on yet? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jexrnFq2fXY)
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To: memyselfandi59

Thank you.


65 posted on 08/23/2013 8:52:48 PM PDT by berdie
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To: max americana

max, i have noticed you are a plain
speaker. i know you hail from Canada,
but perhaps you are now an American
citizen and could run for office?!


66 posted on 08/23/2013 9:00:32 PM PDT by krunkygirl (force multiplier in effect...)
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To: doc1019

Bingo!


67 posted on 08/23/2013 9:00:54 PM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: mr fish

My 1970s would not be the same without her. Her songs litter my playlists.

We are going to see Karla Bonhoff perform in Denver next month. Karla wrote many of Lindas best songs.


68 posted on 08/23/2013 9:01:51 PM PDT by cicero2k
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Good one


69 posted on 08/23/2013 9:01:59 PM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: ChildOfThe60s
I well remember Different Drum and the airplay it got on the AM stations at the time. Nice catchy pop tune.

Written by Michael Nesmith of the Monkees.

70 posted on 08/23/2013 9:02:23 PM PDT by TotusTuus
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To: mr fish; a fool in paradise
Parkinson's Took My Singing Voice

Who's that guy Parkinson who took her voice? (And by the way Linda, learn the proper use of apostrophe's.)

71 posted on 08/23/2013 9:02:33 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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To: martin_fierro

My Japanese wife - who eats twice as much as I - weighs the same as she did when she was in college , around 108 pounds . She’s 62 ( a year older than myself ) . Wish I had her metabolism !


72 posted on 08/23/2013 9:03:57 PM PDT by sushiman ( .)
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To: max americana

Right on. Some here don’t get the fact the lefties are destroying this once great country. They are clueless.


73 posted on 08/23/2013 9:05:10 PM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: yarddog
I remember Raquel Welch singing “Different Drum” to the troops in Viet Nam. I remember thinking she had a great voice then I realized she was lip syncing.

Not necessarily. Welch sang on Broadway and received good reviews. She can sing.

74 posted on 08/23/2013 9:10:17 PM PDT by TChad
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To: cva66snipe

“Maybe she’s had to take Steroids like Cortisone before she was actually diagnosed with Parkinson’s”

More likely drugs like methamphetamine or LSD. These drugs can cook your substantia nigra, reduce your dopamine production and lead to premature Parkinson’s. Ask Leftist convert Michael J Fox.


75 posted on 08/23/2013 9:13:56 PM PDT by grumpygresh (Democrats delenda est. New US economy: Fascism on top, Socialism on the bottom.)
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To: wku man

it’s on my homepage..my ode for hatred for liberals. If I forgave libtards, I would be lying about the sincerity of my prayer’


76 posted on 08/23/2013 9:17:47 PM PDT by max americana (fired liberals in our company after the election, & laughed while they cried (true story))
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To: krunkygirl

LOL, I’m an abrasive rightwinger living and working in the middle of a faggot-infested city. Who’s gonna vote for me? Thanks, sweetie.

But Freepers don’t believe me that because of my “ingenuity” in having the Conservative Party win Vancouver in 2006 before I left for America. Vancouver, Canada is the most liberal, anti-American city north of the border, yet I managed to have Stephen Harper speak at the town hall there in 2006. This is akin to having George Bush speak in the middle of San Francisco. Yes, what an accomplishment. Maybe I should have applied for the GOP but I;m not as liberal as they are today.


77 posted on 08/23/2013 9:22:32 PM PDT by max americana (fired liberals in our company after the election, & laughed while they cried (true story))
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To: HANG THE EXPENSE

Yup. No more gray area. Either you with us or against us. Sheesh, Freepers have become limp-wristed nowadays...


78 posted on 08/23/2013 9:23:23 PM PDT by max americana (fired liberals in our company after the election, & laughed while they cried (true story))
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To: mr fish

I always thought Linda would look good in prison, and I was right.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgqE7trOJ5I


79 posted on 08/23/2013 9:25:23 PM PDT by eartrumpet
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To: mr fish
She really had a great voice!

Indeed she did but in my opinion the greatest female voice ever was Mama Cass Elliot.

80 posted on 08/23/2013 9:45:53 PM PDT by Graybeard58 (_.. ._. .. _. _._ __ ___ ._. . ___ ..._ ._ ._.. _ .. _. .)
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