Linda Maria Ronstadt is a retired American singer who performed and recorded in diverse genres including rock, country, light opera, the Great American Songbook, and Latin.
How did Linda Ronstadt lose her voice?
Linda Ronstadt has been active in the entertainment world since 1967 till her retirement in 2011. She didn’t die, she is presently alive and kicking.
Ronstadt reduced her activity after 2000 when she felt her singing voice deteriorating, releasing her last full-length album in 2004 and performing her last live concert in 2009.
She announced her retirement in 2011 and revealed shortly afterward that she is no longer able to sing as a result of a degenerative condition later determined to be progressive supranuclear palsy. Since then, Ronstadt has continued to make public appearances, going on a number of public speaking tours in the 2010s.
In 2013, the world found out why: Parkinson’s disease had rendered her unable to sing, ending a musical career
