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“The Queen Of Soul Has Cancer”

The ReadyWriter

I woke up this morning to scores of emails and news channels reporting that Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, 68, has incurable pancreatic cancer.

A week after undergoing surgery for a mystery illness, the surgery which was labeled a success, but came under all kinds of mysterious circumstances due to medical reasons. And now it’s been revealed that Aretha’s been diagnosed with cancer.

Let us hope and pray the best for our legendary Queen of soul.

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117 thoughts on ““The Queen Of Soul Has Cancer””

  1. I guess all of those people talking about Aretha and gastric bypass surgery are having to eat their words. *cough-cough* like Trace. *Cough*

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    1. Dang…so it’s safe to assume that she did not just have Gastric Bypass surgery…right? Prayers going up for Ms. Aretha.

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    2. You got that right Keisha!!!

      But how does she have this cancer and have Gastric Bypass surgery? They wouldn’t do that surgery with Pancreatic cancer would they???

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      2. Maybe when they did the gastric by pass they saw her pancreas looked funny and tested it for cancer…i dunno

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      3. I hate to hear Aretha has pancreactic cancer. Just yesterday I read she had the gastric bypass surgery…Guess someone saw her losing weight and thoght it was gastric. No matter how rich you are if you don’t accidently catch pancreatic cancer in very early stages you are sure to die within 6 months. Its a painful death. I’ll pray she’s in that 5% that caught it early enough to survive.

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  2. And for the record Trace, you clocked out early yesterday but left us enough to talk about. 🙂

    So Sad about aretha…wishing her the best also.

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    1. Yvonne, that’s how I felt when I read the many emails I receieved about the news. I only decided to post the story when channel 2 news did a full coverage on the desease and its effects this morning. They also then confirmed that Aretha had it.

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      9. Tracy I don’t think Yvonne was referring to you, but the source being “The National Enquirer”.

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      10. Good morning fam, Adriane and Our Very Own Tracy L., AKA “BLOG QUEEN”
        I wasn’t referring to Trace @Adriane but the source. But it is all over the news.

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    2. Good morning. Glad you posted the story Tracy. Lord knows I was one of the many sending you emails about it. I just love doing that..hehehe although the news is sad.

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  12. Glad I didn’t assume I knew what kind of surgery she had

    My mother has one of her closet girlfriends on her death bed right now due to pancreatic cancer, just heartbreaking.

    I *PRAY* for Aretha and anybody else who is fighting cancer

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    1. Time is precious.

      @Daisy, my daughter’s cheerleading assistant coach has pancreatic cancer and we have watched her health deteriorate the last couple of months. She’s been living with it for a little over year. We are hoping she lasts until Christmas but it doesn’t look good. I cry everytime I see her. Life is a blessing.

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  19. Sadly I watched my father die of Pancreatic Cancer. It is a slow and horrible death. It hurt to watch and I am more than sure its 1000 times worse for the patient. Depending on where/how much of the cancer is on the pancreas, they can attempt to remove part of it but if its too far gone then there won’t be much that can be done. She will be in the foulest of moods because of the constant pain. She will lose weight at a rapid weight. Best thing is to prolong the effects is to consume natural foods. But eventually when everything shuts down, she will basically starve to death.

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  21. Whatever the situation is I hope all is well. Too many speculations for me to speak on the specifics. I guess that’s the bad side to blogs and psuedo journalism

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    1. It was on the news this morning Acquitta, I saw it on channel 2. and i don’t think they would be reporting on false information.

      Oh how I wished it wasn’t true

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    4. damn a nicca got a tear in his eye thinking about it…this shit sucks..

      Note To Self: If i got a year to live…NO More Treatment for me(just pain killers) I rather Die Happy in 6mo then live miserable for 12.

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      1. That’s true @Point!! From the time we born we’re already dying …just supposed to take between 80-100 years for most people.

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  22. This is horrible! Panreatic cancer is one of the deadliest forms anyone can be diagnosed with due the stage when it is diagnosed (usually stage 3 or 4). Definitely praying for her.

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  24. I pray its not true, but if it is I pray that God works a miracle for Miss Aretha. And to think I heard she had gastric bypass surgery. Lets pray that’s what it was.

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  25. My prayers are with her and her family. Cancer is no joke I lost my father to an 8 year battle this year. There is nothing like watching a loved one gradually die in front of you.

    😦

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  26. Oh no. Not the Queen of Soul. I’m so sorry to hear this. Until she takes her last breath, there is always hope.

    God bless you, Queen.

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  28. Feb 2003 I lost my great-grandmother to this. She was 88 and in good health. She had just purchased a brand new car about a month or two before her diagnosis. She died a little over two weeks after they diagnosed her.
    She went from being full of life to struggling to keep her bile down. R.I.P. Theo and :prayer: for Ms Franklin and her loved ones

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  30. I am not ready for her to gooooooooooooo! Shew. I know her real friends and family feel the same way…Story has it that when I was a little baby full of colic I would cry and cry and cry…and while my parents were trying EVERYTHING…my dad put on his ‘Re records and…I shut up. Ma ‘Re goes off…and I would start again. So I have LITERALLY loved this woman from the crib!!!! My parents played her the entire summer of 1977…and I been in love with her every since!

    *PRAY* for her yall…she needs a title higher than Queen it always seemed like.

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  31. Per Roland Martin the Fox station in Detroit confirmed she has cancer but didn’t confirm which kind #update bless her heart

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  36. I pray Aretha is going to be well soon. She has and will always be my favorite singer of all times. God Bless her family during this trying time.

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  38. My uncle had thee same kind of cancer and his health went down hill fast! Cancer is no joke! SENDING PRAYERS UP FOR Ms.Aretha!

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  39. According to Roger Friedman @showbiz411, he claims Aretha does NOT have pancreatic cancer. At least not “confirmed” via hospital reps in Detroit. Of course that doesnt mean she didnt have pre-cancerous tissue removed from the stomach region. Just sayin.

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    2. The family friend only confirmed that Aretha does in fact have cancer, however they did not specify what type of cancer.

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    1. @ Ashanti – I hate to agree with you but that is so true. That cancer if not found early can spread rapidly throughout the body. My aunt died from it. She only lived 2 years after her diagnosis.

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  48. I hate to say this, but Black women that are overweight are likely to develop cancers 3 to 4 times the rate of white women. The Queen of Soul has been overweight for several decades now. It’s a shame!!! I would hate for her to lose her life over this, however, it makes no damned since when you have money, cooks, trainers and people that have been telling her to lose weight and focus on her health issues at hand. I pray that she gets it together and get a new “lease on life”.–

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  59. Unfortunately, she’ll die from this disease. There’s no cure and there’s no such thing as a pancreatic transplant. I’m not being nasty or pessimistic, just tellin the the truth. NO ONE SURVIVES pancreatic cancer. I wish her and her family the best.

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    1. @Uncle Ed

      Pancreatic cancer is almost always a death sentence. By the time it is diagnosed, it’s already too late. The survival rate is very small. I have heard of a few (very few) people who have survived it.

      God does work miracles and I pray that he has one for The Queen, I will be praying for you, Aretha.

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    2. I CAN’T Dispute what you’re saying…

      Several Female RELATIVES of mine have succumb to it and MY Favorite AUNT passed away from it in July of 2009 (Just DEVASTATING…)

      Aretha will always be THE QUEEN of SOUL tho!!!

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    3. UncleEd,
      Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had surgery in Feb.09 for pancreatic cancer. She is still alive and on the Supreme Court. If caught early you do have a chance to survive.

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  60. God bless Aretha she is and will forever be the QUEEN of SOUL!

    I hope that Aretha beats the odds! She’s had a tough life, but through it all she’s been able to share her immaculate gift of song with the world.

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  61. I didn’t have a feeling about this when the blogs reported that she had cancelled her concerts. NOONE cancels concerts for gastric bypass because many performance contracts give almost no room for cancellations. It usually HAS to be SERIOUS illness because there is tons of money at stake.

    Of all of the people that this should’ve happened to, Ms. Franklin IS NOT one of them. I’d like to know which stage she’s in, the Enquirer is saying she has six months, and I suspect that someone at the hospital is leaking information about her health. I can’t WAIT until someone sues the hospitals for leaking medical information.

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    1. It sounds like doctors performed the Whipple procedure. It’s a MAJOR surgery and the doctor needs to be very experienced or things can go left very quickly. I’m scared for two reasons: Surgery at any age is dangerous, but at 68, I’d be very leary. Pancreatic cancer is so painful and will turn you into an evil person due to the pain.

      This is too much during the holidays. She just has to pull through this, she’s such an inspiration!

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  62. Ok from hearing this, I have to smoke a ultra phat ass blunt, or take a shit load of bong hits, go to the gym, blast her music, and just start a prayer warrior circle for her!! There will always be one “QUEEN OF SOUL”!!! Mama Ree we prayin’ for you!!

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  64. Man who DOESN’T have cancer? I’ll be glad when these muhfuggas get tired of playing games with us little human puppets and turn the cancer switch off. My ladie’s best friend was seemingly the picture of health. Super-health nut badass sista with no unhealthy habits. By the time she got symptoms enough to have herself checked out, she had cancer of the uterus that somehow spread to her brain. Did 6 months of chemo and seemed to be fine until a month ago when she suddenly blacked out from brain-swelling. She’s stable now, but can no longer see out of her right eye.

    Cancer is the fuckin scourge of humanity, man. Fuck what the FDA or any of these so-called organizations say. They simply represent the arrogance of mankind, thinking he’s got everything figured out. Live life to the fullest, and just do whatchu wanna do in moderation – that’s my motto to the grave. So if a nigga wanna get a lapdance and some bombass head while I’m chewin on a pork chop and throwin back some bombay sapphire and some muhfuggin James Brown bouncin off the walls.. I’ma do that shit once in a while. Cuz while Mr./Mrs. Perfect come up with sudden cancer at 40, George Burns is smokin at 90 and gettin daily handjobs from young models

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    1. wow @bigbelly, this is the most you’ve said here on this blog ever. and the fisrt time you haven’t yelled out “well nevamind” let me not start anything. 🙂

      I guess this sad news is effecting erbody.

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  65. I’m going to watch the Blues Brothers now just so I can see her do that scene – you better think, think about what you tryinh to do to me yeah yeah… she was a true diva damn she was talented and EARNED the right to be a diva! so hats off to her I wish her the best – she will never be duplicated.

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  66. We can’t lose Aretha now. With Levi Stubbs, David Ruffin, James Brown and Wilson Pickett gone who is gonna testify about my favorite decade—the swinging 60’s!!!

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  69. This is a hard pill to swallow. I can’t believe this kinda news..hell i don’t even want to believe it. This one cuts deep.

    I’m hoping praying for a miracle!!!!

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  70. Incurable? I guess what my Mommy says is true. If u don’t have anything nice to say don’t say anything @ all. I know wish I could take back my fresh mouthed comment about Aretha on the last post about her but I can’t so all I can do is pray 4 her and her Family.

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