Singer Etta James is seriously ill with leukaemia, it was reported this week. The 72-year-old, who suffers from Alzheimer’s, can no longer sign her name or feed herself, according to her doctor.
As the R&B legend struggles with dementia, her family has now begun arguing over money – with James’s husband challenging her children for power of attorney.
James said that “if she ever became disabled, she did not wish to be placed in an institutional nursing facility as long as they had the money to keep her at home”, claims Artis Mills, her husband of 41 years. Mills has asked to take control of $1m (£630,000) from James’s accounts to help pay for healthcare…
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