Photos: The Tucson Music Hall renamed for Grammy and Emmy Award-winner Linda Ronstadt
The Tucson Musical Hall was renamed the Linda Ronstadt Music Hall in honor of Grammy winner and Tucson native Linda Ronstadt before the Tucson International Mariachi Conference's Espectacular Concert on Saturday, May 7.
Ronstadt is a multi-Grammy winner who was awarded a National Medal of the Arts in 2013 and inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2014. Her family has deep roots in Southern Arizona.
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Linda Ronstadt stands before a Rock Martinez mural of her as she's honored by the crowd during the renaming ceremony for the Tucson Music Hall at The Linda Ronstadt Music Hall, Ariz., May 7, 2022.
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Linda Ronstadt attending the renaming of the Tucson Music Hall to the Linda Ronstadt Music Hall in 2022.
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Singer Linda Ronstadt, left, listens to the speakers next to mayor Regina Romero during the renaming ceremony of the Tucson Music Hall as The Linda Ronstadt Music Hall, Ariz., May 7, 2022. The ceremony was held before the beginning of the Tucson International Mariachi Conference's Espectacular Concert.
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Singer Linda Ronstadt is escorted on stage to be honored with the renaming of the Tucson Music Hall as The Linda Ronstadt Music Hall, Ariz., May 7, 2022. The ceremony took place before the start of the Tucson International Mariachi Conference's Espectacular Concert.
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Linda Ronstadt takes the hand of one of the night's speakers after his address during the renaming ceremony of the Tucson Music Hall as The Linda Ronstadt Music Hall, Ariz., May 7, 2022.
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Mayor Regina Romero speaks during the renaming ceremony for the Tucson Music Hall as The Linda Ronstadt Music Hall, Ariz., May 7, 2022.
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A crowd waits outside Tucson Music Hall before the Tucson International Mariachi Conference’s Espectacular Concert and ceremony renaming the hall as the Linda Ronstadt Music Hall.
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Linda Ronstadt listens from the stage as she's honored with the renaming of the Tucson Music Hall as The renaming Linda Ronstadt Music Hall, Ariz., May 7, 2022. The ceremony preceded the Tucson International Mariachi Conference's Espectacular Concert.
Kelly Presnell
Photojournalist
After Tucson native Linda Ronstadt stopped singing due to Parkinson's, “I was moved by how she found an appreciation for other things in life, even though everything she was known for was taken away,” said Tucson muralist Rock Martinez.
Tucson muralist found inspiration from Linda Ronstadt's storyFor Star subscribers: After Ronstadt stopped singing due to Parkinson's, “I was moved by how she found an appreciation for other things in life, even though everything she was known for was taken away.”
Linda Ronstadt never meant to set records or make history with "Canciones de mi Padre." She just wanted to relive her family sing-alongs growing up in Tucson.