Aretha Franklin, 76, is 'gravely ill' and surrounded by family and friends at her home in Detroit

By FIONA WARD

 

 

Aretha Franklin is 'gravely ill' at her home in Detroit, as a her family ask for 'prayers and privacy' - according to a report from entertainment journalist Roger Friedman's online column Showbiz 411.

 

The article reads: "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 Stonecalled her the number 1 singer of all time, or that she is the Queen of Soul. Long live the Queen."

 

Full Story: https://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/2018081361121/aretha-franklin-gravely-ill-family-ask-for-prayers/

Like the rest of us, the hour glass only pours one way, if she doesn't make it, may she not suffer.

 

Thanks for years of beautiful music, "I say a little pray for you".

 

 

 

IMHO, the greatest female singer of all time, black or white.

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Off topic, but if people like white singers, in the mold of Joplin, check out someone I just came across last week - Cee Cee James - that woman has got a pair of tonsils!

Much love and respect to you

Sad news indeed.....but I had thought she was much, much older.