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Judith Durham, Australian singer and songwriter famous with The Seekers in the 1960s but active ever since, had a stroke.

Afterwards she could still sing but had lost the ability to write songs.

Agraphia is an impairment or loss of a previous ability to write.

I can read fine. I can type fine. Drawing is mostly fine. Physical writing is total gibberish. Think severe alzheimer level.

For Judith Durham, I don't know if the problem is the physical writing of the songs, or the ability to compose a song. Sources aren't clear on that.