(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 7, 2017 singer Aretha Franklin performs onstage during a ceremony of the Elton John AIDS Foundation at Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. Singer Aretha Franklin, a multiple Grammy award-winner star whose legacy stretches back decades, is gravely ill and surrounded by relatives, a reporter and family friend wrote on his website on August 13, 2018. The 76 year-old «Queen of Soul» Franklin, known for hits such as «Respect» (1967) and «I Say a Little Prayer» (1968), «is gravely ill in Detroit. The family is asking for prayers and privacy,» wrote Roger Friedman on the Showbiz 411 website.
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