Detroit Free Press
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Music legend Aretha Franklin is "gravely ill," her family told WDIV-TV (Channel 4) on Monday.
Channel 4 anchor Evrod Cassimy said this morning in a tweet: "I spoke with her family members this morning. She is asking for your prayers at this time."
This follows an earlier report from Roger Friedman's Showbiz 411:
The Queen of Soul, who turned 76 in March, is surrounded by "family and people close to her" in Detroit.
In March, Franklin canceled two concerts scheduled in New Jersey.
Franklin's most recent performance was Nov. 2, 2017 at the Elton John AIDS Foundation in New York and her final public performance was at Philadelphia’s Mann Center in August 2017.
Franklin, 76, last performed in Detroit in June 2017. It was an emotion-packed concert for thousands at an outdoor festival downtown. She ended the performance with a then-cryptic appeal to the hometown crowd: "Please keep me in your prayers."
Franklin had announced plans to retire earlier in 2017, saying she would perform at "some select things."
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