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Jan 13 11 7:18 PM

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First Aretha, now Etta?

Iconic vocalist Etta James, best known for the song 'At Last,' is battling leukemia, the Associated Press reports. According to documents filed by her husband Artis Mills, who's seeking to control her finances, the 72-year-old has been undergoing treatments for Leukemia and suffers from dementia.

James has largely remained out of the public eye during the last several years, although she did make headlines in 2009, after criticizing Beyonce's rendition of 'At Last,' which she'd sung for the during President Obama's inauguration. That same year, she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.

According to the documents, she's currently unable to perform basic hygienic functions or feed herself.

In the '50s and '60s, James became one of the most recognizable voices that straddled jazz, blues and R&B. Over the course of her career, she's won four Grammys and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993. She also recorded 27 studio albums, issued an impressive 58 singles and helped solidify Chess Records as one of the premiere record labels of its era.


I don't think she was hating on Beyonce, more of a diss toward Obama, if I remember correctly.