Year in Review: January 20, 2012 – Etta James dies at 73

Posted December 18, 2012 8:33 pm.

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On January 20, 2012, one of music’s greatest blues singers, Etta James, passed away at the age of 73 after suffering from leukemia complications including kidney failure.

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