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Etta James’s leukaemia incurable
By CMU Editorial | Published on Monday 19 December 2011
The doctor caring for soul legend Etta James has said that the singer’s chronic leukaemia has been confirmed as incurable and that she is now very ill. Urging the singer’s fans to pray for James, she added that while said fans knew her patient had been sick for some time they didn’t realise “just how sick”.
Dr Elaine James, who isn’t related to the singer, was speaking after a conservatorship hearing in California to discuss the management of James’s $1 million estate, and expenditure on the singer’s healthcare.
As previously reported, James’s son has previously raised concerns about his mother’s medical treatment, and her husband Artis Mills’ management of her financial affairs.