Roberta Flack reveals she has ALS: It’s ‘impossible to sing’

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Sad developments for some of the songbirds of the 70s & 80s, now that they're in their 70s & 80s.

It's been years since Linda Ronstadt, once the most highly paid woman in rock and roll, sang her last concert. In 2013, the world found out why: Parkinson's disease had rendered her unable to sing, ending a musical career that had left an indelible mark on the classic-rock era and earned her ten Grammy Awards.