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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsAretha Franklin reportedly "gravely ill"
Iconic singer Aretha Franklin was reported to be gravely ill at home in Detroit, surrounded by her friends and family. Franklin, 76, retired last year after encountering a series of health issues.
Showbiz411.com said: Originally diagnosed with cancer in 2010, Aretha, who turned 76 in March, bravely battled back and refused to be knocked out by illness. Her last performance was on November 2, 2017 for the Elton John AIDS Foundation in New York. Her final public performance was at Philadelphias Mann Center in August 2017. It was a miraculous show as Aretha was already then fighting exhaustion and dehydration. Aretha is surrounded by family and people close to her. She will be so missed as a mother, sister, friend, cousin. But her legacy is larger than life.
TMZ reports that Franklin is currently battling cancer, that her weight is down to just 86 pounds, and that a "dear friend" reports they were told, "prepare yourself, she's dying."
Franklin is the most-charted female artist in Billboard history, having notched up 112 charting singles. Shes won 18 Grammy Awards and sold over 75 million records worldwide. Shes the first female to have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, entering in 1987. Announcing her retirement last year, she said: I feel very, very enriched and satisfied with respect to where my career came from and where it is now. Ill be pretty much satisfied, but Im not going to go anywhere and just sit down and do nothing. That wouldnt be good either. She released her 42nd album, A Brand New Me, last November.
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Showbiz411.com said: Originally diagnosed with cancer in 2010, Aretha, who turned 76 in March, bravely battled back and refused to be knocked out by illness. Her last performance was on November 2, 2017 for the Elton John AIDS Foundation in New York. Her final public performance was at Philadelphias Mann Center in August 2017. It was a miraculous show as Aretha was already then fighting exhaustion and dehydration. Aretha is surrounded by family and people close to her. She will be so missed as a mother, sister, friend, cousin. But her legacy is larger than life.
TMZ reports that Franklin is currently battling cancer, that her weight is down to just 86 pounds, and that a "dear friend" reports they were told, "prepare yourself, she's dying."
Franklin is the most-charted female artist in Billboard history, having notched up 112 charting singles. Shes won 18 Grammy Awards and sold over 75 million records worldwide. Shes the first female to have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, entering in 1987. Announcing her retirement last year, she said: I feel very, very enriched and satisfied with respect to where my career came from and where it is now. Ill be pretty much satisfied, but Im not going to go anywhere and just sit down and do nothing. That wouldnt be good either. She released her 42nd album, A Brand New Me, last November.
http://ultimateclassicrock.com/aretha-franklin-reportedly-gravely-ill/
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Aretha Franklin reportedly "gravely ill" (Original Post)
Miles Archer
Aug 2018
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calimary
(81,301 posts)1. NO! Don't leave us now, Dear Lady!
Donkees
(31,413 posts)2. Aretha Franklin - Amazing Grace (Live 2014) In Performance at the White House
SaveOurDemocracy
(4,400 posts)3. The Queen of Soul has gifted this world and will live on.
"I'll say a little prayer for you."
Love and gratitude.
niyad
(113,323 posts)4. healing vibes to a truly amzing woman
Fla Dem
(23,677 posts)5. Love Ms Franklin. Music of my youth.
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