Blues singer Etta James is pictured in a photo posted on her Facebook page on March 18, 2009. - Provided courtesy of facebook.com/EttaJames

Etta James hospitalized with blood infection

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05/13/2011 by Corinne Heller

Etta James, a 73-year-old blues singer, has been hospitalized with blood poisoning, her son Sametto James told Reuters news wire on Friday, May 13.

The Grammy winner has been battling leukemia, a cancer of the blood cells, as well as dementia. She is known for songs such as "At Last" and "The Wallflower."

Etta James was admitted to a California hospital earlier this week with a urinary tract infection and the blood infection sepsis, her son said, adding: "It was a really bad infection. Right now she's doing a lot better."

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