Aretha Franklin Is "Gravely Ill"

by Eli SandersAretha Franklin in New York City, November 2017. Dimitrios Kambouris / Getty Images
The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, is reportedly "gravely ill." As her friends and family gather around her in Detroit, and as Twitter fills up with genuine thoughts and prayers, it's worth watching just one of the Aretha Franklin performances that gave everyone life.Here she is bringing tears to President Barack Obama's eyes at the Kennedy Center in 2015:[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the