Blues Singer Etta James Has Terminal Cancer

The great blues singer Etta James, who is 73, has been diagnosed with terminal cancer.

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Jerry Ragovoy, Writer of Soulful Ballads, Dies at 80

Great song writer dies:

Jerry Ragovoy, who wrote or collaborated on some of the most soulful ballads of the 1960s, including the Rolling Stones hit “Time Is on My Side” and the Janis Joplin signatures “Piece of My Heart,” “Cry Baby” and “Try (Just a Little Bit Harder),” died on Wednesday in Manhattan. He was 80.

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We all gotta go and none of us are getting any younger.  Practice baby, practice, practice, practice.  Gig, gig, gig.