Dying Aretha Franklin Returns To Detroit

Aretha Franklin has announce that she's moving back to Detroit — as her dramatic weight loss has fans concerned that she's heading home to die!

As reported by The National ENQUIRER, Aretha's recent dramatic weight loss has sparked new concerns that the Queen of Soul is once again battling cancer — after admitting in concert to having once beaten the disease in a secret health struggle. Gospel singer Ricky Dillard even asked for "no negative thoughts" when recently posting a picture of the shockingly-thin performer!

The 75-year-old singer insists, however, that she expects to stay busy in Motown. "In my retirement plan," she told USA Today, "I'd like to have a small club here in Detroit...From time to time I would sing, and of course, I would have special artists come in to perform for the city that people in Detroit like."

Aretha is currently struggling to finish her farewell concert tour, after canceling dates and fighting to finish a few shows. A concert in Virginia on July 29 had Aretha abruptly leaving the stage for 10 minutes. "Then she tried to cover an Adele song," added an eyewitness, "and just gave up singing at one point!"

The soul legend lost her last Detroit home in 2001 — after a blaze tore through her Detroit mansion just weeks after her beloved sister Erma passed away from cancer. Aretha was performing in Houston when the fire broke out at 6 am on Oct. 25 and left the 12-bedroom home collapsing into itself. A neighbor told The ENQUIRER that the disaster consumed "family photos, concert gowns and tour mementos."