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Post by Dex on Aug 13, 2018 9:07:19 GMT -5
Aretha Franklin, ‘Queen of Soul,’ is ‘gravely ill’ in hospital, reports Detroit media Family members of the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, have told Detroit media that she has become “gravely ill.” “I spoke with her family members this morning. She is asking for your prayers at this time,” Evrod Cassimy, anchor of WDIV-TV in Detroit, tweeted on Monday. more here www.kansascity.com/latest-news/article216585620.html
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Post by toby1 on Aug 13, 2018 10:30:49 GMT -5
Valar Morghulis.
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Post by beth on Aug 13, 2018 12:37:00 GMT -5
She's had cancer for several years.
When her time comes, may she go gently.
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Post by men an tol on Aug 13, 2018 12:54:34 GMT -5
She's had cancer for several years. When her time comes, may she go gently. Aretha Franklin is almost to the day one year younger than I am. She was one of the singers who we all followed. She will be missed. |
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Post by annaj26 on Aug 13, 2018 15:44:30 GMT -5
Very sorry to hear about this. I didn't even know she'd been ill.
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Post by Dex on Aug 14, 2018 10:17:50 GMT -5
Aretha Franklin is in hospice care at her home, a source close to the 76-year-old singer told CNN's Don Lemon. Word of the "Queen of Soul" being gravely ill was first reported by Showbiz 411. Showbiz 411's Roger Friedman told CNN: "She has a great family, she's surrounded by love, and the world is sending prayers. All further announcements will be made by her family. We just want to send love and prayers." The soul singer has been dogged by reports of failing health for years and appeared frail in recent photos, but she has kept her struggles private. n February of 2017, Franklin announced that she would stop touring, but she continued to book concerts. Earlier this year, she canceled a pair of performances, including at the New Orleans Jazz Fest, on doctor's orders, according to Rolling Stone. In 2010, she was forced to cancel to scheduled performances due to fractured ribs and abdominal pain. Franklin's career spans six decades. She got her start singing gospel music in a Detroit church where her father was the minister. In 1960, she signed with her first major record label. By 1968, Franklin was an est ablished soul chart-topper with hits like "Respect," "Chain of Fools" and "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman." That same year she was tapped to sing at the memorial service of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. where she performed a stirring rendition of "Precious Lord, Take My Hand." Franklin was the first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in 1987 -- a year before the Beatles were inducted. In 1994, at age 52, she became the youngest at that time to receive a Kennedy Center Honor. Franklin has 44 Grammy nominations and 18 wins. She has performed at the inaugurations of three presidents: Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. President George W. Bush awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2005. Franklin's last album, "A Brand New Me," released in 2017, remixed her vintage vocals with newly recorded arrangements. Franklin's last known performance was at a private gala for the Elton John AIDS Foundation last November. www.cnn.com/2018/08/13/entertainment/aretha-franklin-ill/index.html |
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Post by Soulman on Aug 15, 2018 11:40:14 GMT -5
What a lady, what a voice.
I never got to see Aretha, always irks me, having seen Stevie, Gladys, Whitney, Michael...hope she pulls through.
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Post by beth on Aug 15, 2018 12:39:43 GMT -5
What a lady, what a voice. I never got to see Aretha, always irks me, having seen Stevie, Gladys, Whitney, Michael...hope she pulls through. The article I read this a.m. said she's in home hospice. That means they are not doing anything to help her get metter but are just trying to make her comfortable and give her meds to ease pain. Doesn't sound good. May she have peace. |
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Post by Soulman on Aug 16, 2018 10:18:53 GMT -5
RIP Aretha, an absolute legend.
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Post by beth on Aug 16, 2018 14:07:05 GMT -5
Aretha Franklin has died at 76 after becoming “gravely ill.”
The Grammy award-winning “Queen of Soul” had been diagnosed with cancer in 2010 and last performed in 2017.
Franklin — whose hits include “Respect,” “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” and “Freeway of Love” — won 18 Grammies and in 1987 was the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2005 by then-president George W. Bush and sang in 2009 at Barack Obama’s presidential inauguration.
Rest in Peace, Aretha. Your life is your legend, Lady of Song.
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Post by beth on Aug 16, 2018 14:12:35 GMT -5
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Post by men an tol on Aug 16, 2018 18:35:28 GMT -5
A great song originally sung by Dionne Warwick in 1966, a time when we were all still young, the Detroit Riots were still a year in the future and the Nam Tet Offensive was nearly two years away. When Aretha Franklin sang it in 1970 its meaning of “saying a prayer for one’s boy in Vietnam” had become solidly in our nation. Her rendition has become a sign of leaving childhood and entering the reality of being an adult and with that, she will always be a part of us. |
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Post by Dex on Aug 18, 2018 13:26:01 GMT -5
Rest in Peace, lady of song.
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