Doctors do not seem to have much hope on the current state of health of the jazz singer Etta James, now suffering from terminal leukemia. A condition that leaves soon assume the worst performer for the unforgettable At Last.
"The experts concluded two weeks ago which was as leukemia victim 73 years old singer was inoperable " , has lately said Dr. Elaine James to the newspaper The Press-Enterprise , a local newspaper in California, a region where the singer lived lately. "Etta is suffering from a terminal illness. It is end-stage leukemia. She is also suffering from senile dementia and hepatitis C " , for her part said her manager Lupe De Leon to the website EW.com , leaving only so much doubt about the fate of Fatal the singer.
Her real name James etta Hawkins, Etta James was born in Los Angeles, California January 25, 1938. Known worldwide for the interpretation of her hit At Last written by Mack Gordon and Harry Warren in 1941, the singer had helped to popularize this song famous in her time also taken by Glenn Miller and Nat King Cole, before more recently taken over by Beyonce that was chosen in 2009 to sing the same way during the evening of inauguration of President Barack Obama.
Beyonce had also played the role of Etta James in the film Cadillac Records in 2009.
After AmyWinehouse, another star of jazz risk of extinction.