(CNN)Etta James, whose assertive, earthy voice lit up such hits as "The Wallflower," "Something's Got a Hold on Me" and the wedding favorite "At Last," has died, according to her longtime friend and manager, Lupe De Leon. She was 73. She died from complications from leukemia with her husband, Artis Mills, and her sons by her side, De Leon said. She was diagnosed with leukemia in 2010, and also suffered from dementia and hepatitis C. James died at a hospital in Riverside, California. She would have turned 74 Wednesday. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fLL6YZuXZg"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fLL6YZuXZg
Another class act passes away RIP Etta - Thanx for the memories https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YApNirMC9gM"]etta james I'd Rather Go Blind - YouTube
R.I.P......man, all the artists that i love so much are gone...i wish BB king and buddy guy would stick around forever....
how sad, rest easy sweet lady, remembering the times your music was playing in the background while making love.
I read this quote from Etta James on a link from the MSN homepage. "The bad girls ... had the look that I liked," she wrote in her 1995 autobiography, "Rage to Survive." ''I wanted to be rare, I wanted to be noticed, I wanted to be exotic as a Cotton Club chorus girl, and I wanted to be obvious as the most flamboyant hooker on the street. I just wanted to be." I think that's how I envisioned myself when I was single. I mellowed, she didn't. I sort of respect that.
R.I.P.The world is a less miserable place to live in because of you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfnVCIAk7ns&ob=av2n"]Etta James - A Sunday Kind of Love - JazzAndBluesExperience - YouTube
