The legendary singer whose gospel-rooted singing and bluesy yet expansive delivery earned her the title “the Queen of Soul,” was diagnosed with cancer in 2010 and announced last year she was retiring from music.
She was admitted into the hospital on Monday after being in a critical state.
Franklin died at 9:50 a.m. at her home in Detroit, surrounded by family and friends, according to a statement on behalf of Franklin’s family from her longtime publicist Gwendolyn Quinn. The family statement said;
“The official cause of death was due to advance pancreatic cancer of the neuroendocrine type, which was confirmed by Franklin’s oncologist, Dr. Philip Phillips of Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit.”
Her death comes three days after a source close to Franklin told CNN’s Don Lemon that the singer was in hospice care.
“In one of the darkest moments of our lives, we are not able to find the appropriate words to express the pain in our heart. We have lost the matriarch and rock of our family. The love she had for her children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and cousins knew no bounds,” Franklin’s family said.
Dubbed the Queen of Soul, her death marks the end of an era in music and has been mourned across the entertainment world.
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One of the industry’s best-selling artists, she sold in excess of 75 million records over six decades.
The singer had been reported to be in failing health for years and appeared frail in recent photos, but she kept her struggles private.
Her final public performance was last November, when she sang at an Elton John AIDS Foundation gala in New York.
Legendary American soul singer, Aretha Franklin is dead, and here are the top 7 things you should know about her.
She was admitted into the hospital on Monday after being in a critical state.
Franklin died at 9:50 a.m. at her home in Detroit, surrounded by family and friends, according to a statement on behalf of Franklin’s family from her longtime publicist Gwendolyn Quinn.
Dubbed the Queen of Soul, her death marks the end of an era in music and has been mourned across the entertainment world.
One of the industry’s best-selling artists, she sold in excess of 75 million records over six decades.
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Aretha Franklin gravely ill at 76, family ask for prayers
Top 7 things you should know about Aretha Franklin
- Aretha Franklin taught herself to play the piano without knowing how to read music.
- She got her start in Detroit as a child performing in her father’s church choir.
- As a teenager she traveled with Reverened Martin Luther King Jr, she later gave a soul-stirring performance at his funeral in 1968.
- She was the first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of fame in 1987.
- Her rare four-octave vocal range was the magic behind her power house presence.
- In 2005, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of freedom, an honor she received for her lifetime achievements in the arts.
- She has performed at three US presidential inaugurations.
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