Aretha Franklin is in Hospice Care

Last time was bariatric surgery is this time a face lift or a real illness?

TMZ updated their article saying doctors have confirmed Aretha is expected to pass any moment.

So I guess it turns out that the blind item about the "HIV-positive black legend" actually was/is Aretha? Remember that DL was right about Charlie Sheen.

Regardless, sad news.

I don't want her to dieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Can somebody stop the time?

It is profoundly sad news.

Yes R3 a 76 yr old life time smoker. What else could it be but HIV.

It s end like she’s been “dying” for years now but this time it looks like it’s for real.

Very sad. God bless.

America's only Queen. No snide remarks please. A Legend and talent unique one of a kind woman who brought joy to countless millions with her talent.

I'll just add "never seeing Aretha in concert" to my long list of regrets.

I saw her and she was wonderful.

The audience loved it, but halfway through she brought on her no talent son and we all took a LONG intermission while that mess was on stage. A good 60% of the audience left, when she returned, we returned.

She sand My Funny Valentine and stopped the show. You have never heard it like that.

R3 Give her some R-E-S-P-E-C-T.

Same, R10. I’m so sad.

I always felt bad I didn’t like her as much as I imagined I was supposed to.

She recently did a song at some celebrity tribute and she still hit her high notes.

Aretha's 1972 Amazing Grace album is my absolute favorite. She's truly a legend. Heartfelt sadness at this news.

She will always be the Queen.

You guys are absolutely insane if you think Aretha had aids. That is a rumor started by some jackals Nazi. Use your brain. She more than likely has diabetes and heart disease, both killers.

R19, she has cancer.

I hope they cover her upper arms if it is an open casket.

Where did this rumor about Glyn Turman infecting Franklin with HIV start? The rumor he slept with her son? What proof has there been?

Turman is 71 and still in show biz. He even has a long time third wife.

You'd think Franklin and her family would have devoted themselves to prosecuting him until some kind of justice was served.

A great talent and true diva.

The rumor was started by the info posted from that Aetna leak, so someone posted the names of several celebrities who, supposedly, were sent info about their HIV treatments. Then some BI expanded it by saying that the person (who was guessed to be Aretha) contracted it in the 80s, was on medication for a long time, and that, not that long ago, the treatment stopped working.

All bullshit. I can not believe you morons are falling for this. I guess it doesn't matter except I get tired of people being so stupid.

I'm wondering if it could be the Zika virus.

[R24] The rumor was started by the info posted from that Aetna leak, so someone posted the names of several celebrities who, supposedly, were sent info about their HIV treatments. Then some BI expanded it by saying that the person (who was guessed to be Aretha) contracted it in the 80s, was on medication for a long time, and that, not that long ago, the treatment stopped working.

Thank you for the detailed response.

Horrible rumors. And the insurance companies should be sued for such leaks.

If Aretha passes away now, Trump is going to mention her on his Twitter feed, isn’t he?

Poor, poor Aretha.

@21 stfu its a shame i never got the chance to see her in concert...or any of the other greats like mj or whitney. God bless her

Saw Aretha in 2009 at The Hollywood Bowl. It was the day after Michael Jackson died. She spoke about him and had a moment of silence. Very intense. You could hear a pin drop. The only reigning queen...

H-O-S-P-I-C-E.

She's fine. She sends her love!

I think that - again- she's fooled us all and will emerge less 50 pounds of skin and a new attitude.

"April Fools" by Aretha is on the April 2005 Gap In-Store Playlist.

What the hell is wrong with the Gap playlist freak?

You’re bad, r32.

Aretha Franklin is in hospice care at home - HOSPICE. That means they expect her to die (not "pass away") within the next 90 days. We don't know how long she's been in hospice, 1 day or 80.

I'll be willing to wager that she has repository - heart issues that are going to kill her.

R28 the insurance company was sued. Federal fines, whole nine yards.

My mom had Alzheimers and was in hospice care in her care facility. She lasted a year and a half. So there's that.

My partner's mother is in a memory unit hospice, for 3.5 years now. Inoperable benign brain tumor which will eventually be what kills her. So, yes, people can last in that state but it's very different from, say, terminal cancer. My friend's husband had cancer and, after being transferred to a hospice, lasted less than a month.

When it's time Lady Soul, head for the Light...……...

The first record, hit single, I bought by Aretha Franklin was "Think" and on the flip side was her great rendition of Sam Cooke's "You Send Me". And that was back in 1968, 50 years ago, when she was only 26.

"My mom had Alzheimers and was in hospice care in her care facility. She lasted a year and a half. So there's that."

That's Azlheimers. You can live a generation with Alzheimers. Aretha DOES NOT have Alzgheimers.

I saw her once - at New Bethel when she recorded One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism. My ex grew up there and got tickets through his family. Her voice was starting to fray from the smoking but it was thrilling to hear her where it all started. I'll never forget the choir filing into the darkened church with candles singing Walk in the Light. Thank you, Aretha, and God bless you.

This is killing my soul.

I pretty much quit liking Aretha after reading so many reports about how rude and nasty she was to people. I remember how terrible she was to Patti LaBelle, who was attempting to praise her after a performance. That was it for me, because Patti is a sincerely nice and gracious person.

Soo... forget the AIDS gossip, any truth to the rumors that her first two children (born when she was 12 and 14) were sired by her own father?

There's a good book about her father called Singer in a Strange Land that denies those rumors, but does confirm that CL knocked up a 13 or 14 year old girl from his church. I think it also said he had a tumultuous relationship with some singer, maybe Dinah Washington. He led a pretty dissolute life, and Aretha took after him as he had a lot of musicians over partying all the time. There are also rumors that Sam Cooke fathered her first or second son.

Wikipedia says she has 4 different baby daddies and she had her first at 12.

R50 ...what's so hard to believe about it? Seems like most of these legendary black singers (Etta James, Billie Holliday, the Jacksons, et al) had troubled childhoods/home lives.

Maybe she just liked getting porked?

[R50] ...what's so hard to believe about it? Seems like most of these legendary black singers (Etta James, Billie Holliday, the Jacksons, et al) had troubled childhoods/home lives.

So because the Osmonds, Joan Crawford, Drew Barrymore, McCulley Culkin and his siblings, Mackenzie Phillips, River And Joaquin Phoenix had troubled childhoods; does that mean that most white celebs had trouble childhoods and any incest/rape rumors must be true?

[quote] [[R50]] ...what's so hard to believe about it? Seems like most of these legendary black singers (Etta James, Billie Holliday, the Jacksons, et al) had troubled childhoods/home lives.

So because the Osmonds, Joan Crawford, Drew Barrymore, McCulley Culkin and his siblings, Mackenzie Phillips, River And Joaquin Phoenix had troubled childhoods; does that mean that most white celebs had trouble childhoods and any incest/rape rumors must be true?

How about this song? One of her best!

Her background singers, Sweet Inspiration, are awesome!

First time seeing her was at The Greek Theatre in LA back in 2004. She didnt sing “Respect” and people were so shocked that I think she opened with it the next night.

That she had her first child at the age of twelve is quite disturbing.

I mean, that is pre-teen pregnancy!!

I guess she was physically mature at a very young age, but nontheless......

R14, if you don't like Aretha as much as you think you should, maybe you are focusing on her 1980s and later stuff?

Check out her her 60's and 70s recordings on Youtube, and you will not be disappointed.

Hope she’s not suffering too much.

R59, Amen.

I was able to see Aretha perform in Chicago in March 2017. She looked thin but, as always, sounded amazing and delivered a terrific performance. She sat for some numbers and left the stage for a brief time halfway through, but otherwise gave it her all.

Afterwards, we happened to go by the stage door as she exited and got into her custom bus / motor coach. Lots of fans were outside and she was very gracious but didn't stop to talk to anyone.

There aren't too many performers I've always wanted to see perform live, but she was one of them. So glad I got the chance.

R45 Thank you for sharing that beautiful memory. Wow.

"Who's foolin' who? Take another look and tell me, baby!"

[quote]That's Azlheimers. You can live a generation with Alzheimers. Aretha DOES NOT have Alzgheimers.

Oh Dear.

She must have been quite promiscuous to have two children by the age of 14.

Some people's condition actually improves when they are in Hospice care. Because they are no longer being subjected to unnecessary medical treatments and procedures, and they are not being put on new meds with resultant side effects.

And they are allowed to eat whatever they want. And their stress and anxiety levels may be a a lot lower because they are not worried about the future any more at this point.

This has been known to happen... depending on what the underlying condition was.

R57, it was quite common among the mountain folk of my ancestors just 100 years ago.

R66, she has pancreatic cancer and reportedly weighs 85 lbs. You don’t magically recover from that. Her family was told weeks ago that this is the end.

R68, I said that it depends on the underlying condition, asshole. Obviously, she’s not gonna survive end-stage cancer.

But no one knows what she has, because it’s never been revealed. She was rumored to have pancreatic cancer years ago and she’s still here.

And it doesn’t help the speculation when her family posts shit like this:

[quote]We believe she'll pull through it, she believes she'll pull through it, and that's the important thing," he added.

Stevie Wonder, Janet Jackson, who will make the pilgrimage next?

She's fine. She sends her love.

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