Good thoughts for Etta......At Last is one of my top 5 songs of all time...brilliant.....


Grammy-winning blues and soul singer Etta James, most famous for her signature song "At Last," is terminally ill, her doctor and manager said in comments published Friday.

Experts declared two weeks ago that the leukemia from which the 73-year-old was suffering was inoperable, Dr Elaine James told The Press-Enterprise newspaper, which covers where the singer lives in Riverside, California.

"I am southern and Christian and would just ask for the prayers of her fans and friends," said the physician, no relation to the singer. "They know shes been sick, but not how sick," she added.

James was hospitalized in early 2010 for dementia and leukemia, and went in again for similar problems in May 2011, said the paper, which reported there has been a family legal dispute over her assets and payment of her care.

Her longtime manager, Lupe De Leon, told the Entertainment Weekly news website EW.com: "Etta has a terminal illness. She's in the final stages of leukemia. She has also been diagnosed with dementia and Hepatitis C.

"She's in a home right now and mostly sleeps. She is under the care of a live-in doctor from Riverside Community Hospital and two others who have placed her on oxygen.

"Her husband is with her 24 hours a day, and her sons visit regularly. We're all very sad. We're just waiting."

James, born Jamesetta Hawkins, has won four Grammys and seventeen Blues Music Awards. She was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1993 and was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Grammy in 2003.

She is also known for her soulful rendition of such songs as "I'd Rather Go Blind" and "All I Could Do Was Cry."

"At Last" was sung by R&B diva Beyonce when she serenaded Barack and Michelle Obama for their first dance on inauguration night in January 2009, after his election as president.

Written in 1941 by Mack Gordon and Harry Warren, "At Last" first became a hit for Glenn Miller and his orchestra and was covered by Nat King Cole before being adopted by James in 1960.

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Thanks for the info, regardless of the content. Etta is by far in the top ten singers always wish the best for her recovery is hard but sometimes a good end it's better that a long agony

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Etta is my all time favorite.  Sad news!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8pcNIGjJX0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzibSiJv8hc

I heard this news over the weekend, and it broke my heart as well. I keep thinking I'll be reading about her passing any day now....:( She's left her mark on the music world, that's for sure....

:-(

This makes me really sad.

  :-[

So sad

I love this one

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

:-[

I really hope she recovers, what a voice! she's one of the greatest female blues singers.

"At Last" was sung by R&B diva Beyonce when she serenaded Barack and Michelle Obama for their first dance on inauguration night in January 2009, after his election as president.

And Etta was mad about that because she thought she should of been asked to sing this to the President instead of Beyonce! I can see her point!

Etta released a statement recently that it was her meds that made her upset over the Beyonce performance.

Steel Wheels wrote on Dec 26^th, 2011 at 10:09am:

Etta released a statement recently that it was her meds that made her upset over the Beyonce performance.

That's just PR, she meant it!

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Etta James' manager says the terminally ill blues singer is breathing on her own after being taken off a respirator.
Lupe De Leon says Friday that the change in her condition is great news and that the singer's blood pressure is normal.
De Leon says James was put on a respirator when she was hospitalized in Southern California on Dec. 21 because she was having trouble breathing.
James has been diagnosed with terminal leukemia and is suffering from dementia. She has been receiving mostly at-home care.
Earlier this month, a judge set aside $350,000 for her medical care.

good news..Etta left the hospital today.......

Is Keith going to pay her medical bills?

steel driving hammer wrote on Jan 7^th, 2012 at 9:38am:

Is Keith going to pay her medical bills?

Daft statement.  :forfucksake

Maybe, just maybe she's adequately medically covered?

I seem to remember her paying a nice tribute to the Stones for looking out for her a few years ago when she was having a lot of problems.

steel driving hammer wrote on Jan 7^th, 2012 at 9:38am:

Is Keith going to pay her medical bills?

sometimes we just need to take good news as it is....