{"id":24232,"date":"2013-09-02T22:00:34","date_gmt":"2013-09-03T03:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whisnews21.com\/?p=24232"},"modified":"2013-09-02T22:00:34","modified_gmt":"2013-09-03T03:00:34","slug":"linda-ronstadt-has-parkinsons-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/2013\/09\/02\/linda-ronstadt-has-parkinsons-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"Linda Ronstadt Has Parkinson\u2019s Disease"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Parkinson’s disease has left\u00a0Linda Ronstadt\u00a0unable to sing.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Posted on\u00a0August 23, 2013\u00a0by\u00a0Staff. \u00a0Linda Ronstadt (photo: Matt Sayles AP)<\/span><\/h3>\n

The 67-year-old singer, who will publish her memoir, “Simple Dreams,” next month, revealed her condition Friday\u00a0in an interview with AARP.
\nThe singer of such ’70s and ’80s hits as “You’re No Good,” “Hurt So Bad” and “Don’t Know Much” now uses poles to assist her when walking on uneven ground and travels with a wheelchair. She says she was diagnosed with the neurological disorder eight months ago, though she began experiencing symptoms, including\u00a0hand tremors\u00a0and trouble controlling the muscles that let her sing, several years ago. She says she initially attributed her problems to the residual effects of a tick bite and shoulder surgery.
\n“I think I’ve had it for seven or eight years already, because of the symptoms that I’ve had,” the 11-time\u00a0Grammy\u00a0winner tells interviewer Alanna Nash. Ronstadt’s last album was 2006’s “Adieu False Heart” with Cajun musician Ann Savoy
\n“No one can sing with Parkinson’s disease,” she says. “No matter how hard you try.”<\/p>\n

–Brian Mansfield, Special for USA TODAY<\/h6>\n

Article sent in by Marty Martel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Parkinson’s disease has left\u00a0Linda Ronstadt\u00a0unable to sing. Posted on\u00a0August 23, 2013\u00a0by\u00a0Staff. \u00a0Linda Ronstadt (photo: Matt Sayles AP) The 67-year-old singer, who will publish her memoir, “Simple Dreams,” next month, revealed her condition Friday\u00a0in an interview with AARP. The singer of such ’70s and ’80s hits as “You’re No Good,” “Hurt So Bad” and “Don’t Know Much” now uses poles to assist her when walking on uneven ground and travels with a wheelchair. She says she was diagnosed with the neurological disorder eight months ago, though she began experiencing symptoms, including\u00a0hand<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24232"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24232\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}