Linda Ronstadt’s loss of singing voice strikes a deep chord
By Mary Schmich, Chicago Tribune
Judging from Facebook and Twitter, scads of people have felt compelled to share the news of Ronstadt’s condition, and some of the impulse, like mine, is no doubt partially rooted in what her aging and debilitation say about the tricks time plays on us all.
But Ronstadt’s situation seems to have struck an especially tender spot in the collective psyche and triggered a response that goes beyond lament for the fading of a star and an era.
The deeper reason that the news resonates so deeply is that her loss comes with an extra twist of the knife: She hasn’t just lost her singing voice. She has lost her essential expressive gift.
A singer can lose an arm and still sing, can lose a leg or an eye. But her voice?
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