Please excuse the wrong year in the video title of (1961) it's (1955). Etta James Taken Off Respirator, Breathing on Her Own. At last some good news for Etta James. The 73-year-old blues icon is breathing on her own, after she was previously placed on a respirator Dec. 21. Etta James Hospitalized for Blood Poisoning "The hospital is preparing Etta for release from ICU to a step down unit," James's manager, Lupe De Leon, told Reuters. "She is stable and breathing on her own. Her blood pressure is normal." The ailing singer, who has been in and out of the hospital this year, has been battling leukemia, dementia and kidney failure for several years and is considered to be terminally ill. James was hospitalized most recently last week after she had difficulty breathing Read more: www.eonline.com R&B, rock & roll, gospel and jazz singer and songwriter. James is the winner of four Grammys and seventeen Blues Music Awards. She was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1993, the Blues Hall of Fame in 2001, and the Grammy Hall of Fame in both 1999 and 2008. In the 1950s and 1960s, she had her biggest success as a blues and R&B singer. She is best known for performing "At Last", which has been featured in movies, television shows, commercials, and web-streaming services. James has a contralto vocal range. Jamesetta Hawkins was born in Los Angeles, California, to an unmarried 14-year-old African American girl, Dorothy Hawkins. She claimed that her mother told her that her ...
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