Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin est morte: la Soul Music perd sa dame
La « Lady Soul » est morte jeudi, à l’âge de 76 ans, d’un cancer du pancréas. Avec elle s’éteint la plus majestueuse et impressionnante voix féminine de l’histoire de la musique soul.
« J’ai perdu ma chanson, cette fille me l’a prise. » C’est avec les compliments indignés de l’auteur, Otis Redding, que fut saluée au printemps 1967 l’ascension d’une jeune femme qui avait littéralement dépossédé de son œuvre la star de la musique soul.
Arts and Entertainment Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, is gravely ill, according to multiple reports
Legendary singer Aretha Franklin is gravely ill, according to several reports. The “Queen of Soul” last year announced she planned to retire from touring, and in March she canceled shows on doctor’s orders.
The Associated Press, citing a person close to the singer who was “not allowed to talk publicly about the topic,” reported Monday that the 76-year-old singer was “seriously ill.”
Longtime entertainment reporter Roger Friedman wrote on Showbiz 411 that she “is gravely ill in Detroit. The family is asking for prayers and privacy.” The morning anchor of Detroit station WDIV, Evrod Cassimy, tweeted that he had spoken with her family members on Monday morning, and she is “gravely ill.”
“She is asking for your prayers at this time,” he added. “I’ll have more details as I’m allowed to release.”
Franklin, who spent much of childhood in the Detroit area and now lives there, reportedly watches the news station every morning when she’s at home.
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