Aretha Franklin shocked her fans with her sharp weight loss over a series of months — but The National ENQUIRER had the tragic story behind the beloved Queen of Soul’s healthy new look. Sadly, gospel star Ricky Dillard had good reason to insist on “no negative comments” after he posted an Aug. 2017 photo with the startlingly skinny diva — as a source told The ENQUIRER: “Aretha’s had a cancer relapse!” Get the inside story on the health crisis that took the life of the R&B legend, as she moved on to hospice care at her Detroit home…
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Aretha's fans had remained concerned as she continued to cancel shows on her farewell tour — with the Queen of Soul saying that 2017
would be her "last year in concert." But an insider claimed that Aretha was really “due to have radical chemotherapy treatments, and was told by doctors she needed to lose weight if she wanted to survive.”
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In a dramatic bid for life, the 75-year-old legend reportedly opted for stomach-stapling surgery to survive the horror of chemotherapy. The procedures had a massive impact on Aretha —
who was weighing an estimated 310 pounds by June 2016.
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Aretha’s health issues dated back to 2010, when she reportedly went under the knife for drastic surgery
linked to pancreatic cancer. As The ENQUIRER has revealed, doctors reportedly removed half of her stomach, the head of her pancreas, and part of her bile duct — along with her gallbladder and duodenum.
Photo credit: Getty Images
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Aretha then shocked fans in August 2016
by revealing in concert that she'd also faced another "recent" cancer battle. She then assured the audience she was once again "cancer-free."
Photo credit: Getty Images
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Photo credit: Getty Images
Aretha's fans had remained concerned as she continued to cancel shows on her farewell tour — with the Queen of Soul saying that 2017
would be her "last year in concert." But an insider claimed that Aretha was really “due to have radical chemotherapy treatments, and was told by doctors she needed to lose weight if she wanted to survive.”
In a dramatic bid for life, the 75-year-old legend reportedly opted for stomach-stapling surgery to survive the horror of chemotherapy. The procedures had a massive impact on Aretha —
who was weighing an estimated 310 pounds by June 2016.
Photo credit: Getty Images
Aretha’s health issues dated back to 2010, when she reportedly went under the knife for drastic surgery
linked to pancreatic cancer. As The ENQUIRER has revealed, doctors reportedly removed half of her stomach, the head of her pancreas, and part of her bile duct — along with her gallbladder and duodenum.
Photo credit: Getty Images
Aretha then shocked fans in August 2016
by revealing in concert that she'd also faced another "recent" cancer battle. She then assured the audience she was once again "cancer-free."
Photo credit: Getty Images
Photo credit: Getty Images
