At Last Singer Etta James Terminally Ill

First Published: December 16, 2011 2:19 PM EST Credit: Getty Images Caption Etta James performs at the House Of Blues in Chicago, Illinois on April 30, 2009RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- At Last and Tell Mama blues singer Etta James, whose health has been fading in recent years, is now terminally ill, and her live-in doctor is asking for prayers. Dr. Elaine James, who isnt related to the 73-year-old entertainer, tells the Riverside Press-Enterprise newspaper that the singers chronic leukemia was declared incurable two weeks ago. The doctor has cared for Etta James at the singers Riverside, California, area home since March 2010. Elaine James says shes spreading word of the singers ailments so people will pray for her. She says fans know Etta James has been sick but not how sick. Court records in the singers probate case show she also suffers from dementia and kidney failure. Elaine James made her comments outside a Riverside conservatorship hearing over the singers $1 million estate. The singers son, Donto James, wantsa conservator rather than the singers husband, Artis Mills. Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.