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[I feel, based on my own reactions each time I think about the loss described here, like I should provide some kind of content-warning to avoid ruining someone's day if this is their nightmare fuel. But I'm really not sure what form this warning should take.]

From "Linda Ronstadt: I Know When Parkinson's Hit from Listening to My Own Singing" by Mary Lyn Maiscott (Vanity Fair, 2013-10-28):

<td valign="top" align="left">Can you literally not sing, or you're not supposed to?</td> <td valign="top" align="left">No, I can't sing. I wish I could. Ninety-eight percent of the singing I did was private singing -- it was in the shower, at the dishwater, driving my car, singing with the radio, whatever. I canâ' do any of that now. I wish I could. I don't miss performing particularly, but I miss singing.</td>

Mary Lyn Maiscott:

Linda Ronstadt:

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It's very depressing what diseases can do to people's nervous systems. There's a case closer to home; a filk singer-songwriter who created some well-known songs has lost the ability even to appreciate music due to a long-term degenerative disease. I'm not 100% sure my information on this is correct, so I'm leaving out the name rather than start a false rumor, but you may know who I mean. Feel free to mention the name if you're sure.

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How about 'may be upsetting to human beings'? Or to anyone who has ever listened to her music? This is not "oh, that's sad" material. There's a reason I rewatch the Pirates of Penzance movie every time it's on and it isn't Rex Whatshisass. She is imprisoned inside her body, as my cousin was, as my New Zealand friend was, and nobody can spring them from that prison or give them back their liberty.

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