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Linda Ronstadt was born in Tucson, Arizona, United States on July 15, 1946. Public records list Linda Ronstadt as a singer, singer-songwriter and stage actor. That works out to 80 years old in 2026. Education on record includes Catalina Magnet High School and Arizona State University. Listed accolades include National Medal of Arts (2014), Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program (1989), Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2016) and 5 more.
My Take
Linda Ronstadt is my favorite kind of artist: one who treated genre as an invitation rather than a fence. Rock, country, Mexican canciones, big-band standards—she sang them all not as stunts but as homecomings, and her Tucson upbringing near the border clearly fed that fearlessness. What I admire most is that her ambition was always in service of the song, never the spotlight; eleven Grammys and a Kennedy Center honor later, she still reads as a craftsman first. Even in retirement, her recordings keep teaching singers what total conviction sounds like. For me, she remains the gold standard of interpretive singing.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Linda Ronstadt
- Name (Japanese)
- リンダ・ロンシュタット
- Reading
- りんだ・ろんしゅたっと
- Born
- July 15, 1946 (age 80)
- Origin
- Tucson, Arizona, United States
- Occupation
- singer / actor / singer-songwriter / stage actor / television actor
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Dog
2. Background
- High school
- Catalina Magnet High School
- University
- Arizona State University
Awards & achievements
- 2014 National Medal of Arts
- 1989 Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program
- 2016 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
- 2011 Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
- 1977 Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
- 1993 Grammy Award for Best Tropical Latin Album
- 2009 honorary doctor of the Berklee College of Music
- 2019 Kennedy Center Honors
3. Links
- Official sitehttps://lindaronstadt.com/
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/lindaronstadtmusic/
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda%20Ronstadt
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%82%BF%E3%83%83%E3%83%88
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q229375
4. About this entry
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Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Linda Ronstadt born?
Born July 15, 1946 (age 80).
Where is Linda Ronstadt from?
Linda Ronstadt is from Tucson, Arizona, United States.
What does Linda Ronstadt do?
Linda Ronstadt works as singer, actor, singer-songwriter, stage actor, television actor.
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