| Celebrated Name: | Linda Ronstadt |
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| Real Name/Full Name: | Linda Maria Ronstadt |
| Gender: | Female |
| Age: | 78 years old |
| Birth Date: | 15 July 1946 |
| Birth Place: | Tucson, Arizona, United States |
| Nationality: | American |
| Height: | 1.58 m |
| Weight: | 59 kg |
| Sexual Orientation: | Straight |
| Marital Status: | N/A |
| Husband/Spouse (Name): |
N/A |
| Children: | Yes (Mary Clementine Ronstadt, Carlos Ronstadt) |
| Dating/Boyfriend (Name): |
N/A |
| Profession: | Country music singer |
| Net Worth in 2024: | $150 million |
| Last Updated: | December 2024 |
Famous American country music singer Linda Ronstadt is famous for her singing skills all over the globe. This Grammy Award winner has a net worth of millions of dollars.
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Early Life
Linda was born on 15th July 1946 in Tucson, Arizona. Her father was her first teacher who taught her and all her siblings Mexican songs. Her father likes to play guitar and mother ukulele. She learned guitar from her father and formed a trio with her brother and sister.
She joined Catalina High School where she met local folk musician Bob Kimmel. Kimmel went to Los Angeles to pursue his dream of being a musician and asked Ronstadt to do so too.
Linda joined Kimmel, and Kenny Edwards and the trio made a group named Stone Poneys. Their first album was released in 1967. They achieved some success with the group.
Age, Height, and Weight
Being born on 15 July 1946, Linda Ronstadt is 78 years old as of today’s date 26th December 2024. Her height is 1.58 m tall, and her weight is 59 kg.
Career
Linda started to perform alone by the end of 1960. In 1971 she was nominated for Grammy for the ballad “Long, Long Time.” Her next album was “Don’t Cry Now”, which was a big success but her upcoming released album “Heart Like a Wheel” took her to the top and she won her first Grammy. The album had hit songs like “When Will I Be Loved” and “You’re No Good”. The album also features a cover of Hank Williams’s “I Can’t Help It (If I’m Still in Love with You)”.
She then released her next album in 1975 named “Prisoner in Disguise”, which was another huge hit. The very next year she released “Hasten Down the Wind” and all the three albums back to backcrossed 1 million in sales. “Living in the USA” again brought her to top in 1978. She followed the hit with another hit “Mad Love” in 1980.
In her later career some of her other hit albums are What’s New(1983), Lush Life (1984), For Sentimental Reasons (1986), Canciones de Mi Padre (1987), Mas Canciones (1991) Frenesí (1992), One I Love (1996), and Adieu False Heart (2006).
Awards & Achievements
Linda won a lot of awards for her singing talent throughout her career. She won the Grammy Award 12 times and is inducted into their Hall of Fame too. She received the National Medal of Arts from the president. Her other noteworthy awards are Acadamy of Country Music Awards and American Music Award which she won 2 times each.
Net Worth & Salary of Linda Ronstadt in 2024
She earned a lot in her long career. Her estimated earnings from her album Hummin’ to Myself is $100,000, and from her compilation album, The Very Best of Linda Ronstadt is $500,000. As of December 2024, her estimated net worth is $150 million.
Ronstadt now lives in Tucson, her hometown with her kids. She never married though she had a relationship with filmmaker George Lucas and California governor Jerry Brown. She had Parkinson’s disease, which is the reason for her absence from the music field since 2013.
Linda released her autobiography named Simple Dreams. People will know about her life from youth till now from the book.
Linda, I really liked your music. It seems to me that you sang with such passion. I lived in Alaska when you were an item with governor Brown in California. I always thought Brown was such a dip slick, and you could do so much better… I was available at the time.
As Always,
Tom Mitchell
Keep in there pitching, Tom! :}
My Fav: Blue Bayou….wow its the kind of song that brings you back to a place of peace, sometimes sad, yet a place you want to be…and even a place to start over..TY Linda…for sharing the gift you have with the rest of us….. Love you…
Just found you and we are most likely dxs with PSP. I’m 71 and just had the skin biopsy done. Pending results. Dad had Parkinson’s and mom PSD. Can I email you and chat?
She doesn’t live in Tucson anymore. She’s been living in San Francisco for several years.
So glad you are happy with your kids and hope this finds you well. Really love your records Blue Bayou a call the others are awesome. I am also 75. Lov u