Linda Ronstadt

Profession: Singer and Actress

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Biography: Ronstadt retired in 2011 after an immensely popular career in which she won, among others, twelve Grammy Awards (including Lifetime Achievement), an Emmy, and two American Country Music awards. She has released 24 studio albums and 14 compilation albums, including many top-40 singles and a single number one: 'You're No Good.' She was been successful in a range of styles - country, rock, folk, traditional mariachi, light opera, pop, great American songbook, lullaby songs, and jazz. In the mid 1970s she had 3 consecutive million-selling albums. She remains one of the highest selling artists of all time.

In 2013, she revealed a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease, later doctors revised their diagnosis to progressive supranuclear palsy, a degenerative disease with similar symptoms,.

In 2014, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The 2019 documentary "Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice" won a Grammy Award as Best Music Film. Also in 2019 she was awarded Kennedy Center Honor for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts.

Born: July 15, 1946
Birthplace: Tucson, Arizona, USA
Age: 77 years old

Generation: Baby Boomer
Chinese Zodiac: Dog
Star Sign: Cancer