Posted on 08/12/2018 7:39:58 PM PDT by SMGFan
This is exclusive, and heart breaking for me and for the family and friends of the great Aretha Franklin. She is gravely ill in Detroit. The family is asking for prayers and privacy. 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 as on November 2, 2017 for the Elton John AIDS Foundation in New York. Her final public performance was at Philadelphia’s 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. It’s not just that Rolling Stone called her the number 1 singer of all time, or that she is the Queen of Soul. Long live the Queen.
Prayers up for her and her family.
these kind of near death articles are not uncommon and often false.
Several years ago Bootsy Collins and others were quoted in an article about Little Richard. Since then Fats Domino and Chuck Berry have passed but not Richard...
That is sad to hear. I hope she pulls through.
It's disgusting. I hope she's not surfing the internet from her hospital bed.
“Love the scene in The Blues Brothers where she performs “Respect”.”
one of the all time great song and dance movie scenes ...
sorry to hear this about Aretha ...
Motown definetly led the way and had a classically unique sound that found a wide audience. Aretha Franklins roots were in Memphis. Her first recordings though were with Atlantic in NYC. I don’t think she did anything with Berry Gordy until she was a well established star.
Sorry her first recordings were with Columbia, but her biggest hits were recorded at Atlantic.
Thanks!!
Prayers up for Aretha. An amazing voice. She deserves nothing but health and happiness.
Just watched the clip in the diner leading up to that (yesterday)
I wish her well and pray that she doesn’t suffer as her health declines.
That stated, I’ve never been a fan of her style of singing. Just not my ‘thing’...
Get well, my Sister!
Nice. Thanks.
Different movie.
When asked who should play her in bio flick af said hallie berry. There is only one choice Jennifer Hudson
Iirc as a hound pup she toured and slept with Sam Cooke and Marvin Gaye and others. In an interview she described them all in the same
Rhotel hallway with the women swapping rooms
Duh! You mean that that wasn’t John Belushi in the video.
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