(Detroit) - The 'Queen Of Soul' is gravely ill. Legendary singer Aretha Franklin is in a Detroit, Michigan hospital and said to be near death.
The seventy-six year old singer is surrounded by family members.. Franklin was diagnosed with cancer in 2010.
Franklin has not been in good health for the past few years and last performed at the Elton John AIDS Foundation event in November.
Franklin has garnered 18 Grammy Awards throughout her storied career. Aretha Franklin was the first woman inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame And Museum in Cleveland in 1987.
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