Highlights
- Aretha Franklin's
- representative has confirmed that the 'Queen of Soul' is alive
- and well after she became the latest victim of an Internet
- death hoax.
- The 'Respect' hitmaker who recently underwent surgery
- for a disease rumoured to be pancreatic cancer, was reported
- dead on Monday.
Aretha Franklin'srepresentative has confirmed that the 'Queen of Soul' is aliveand well after she became the latest victim of an Internetdeath hoax.
The 'Respect' hitmaker who recently underwent surgeryfor a disease rumoured to be pancreatic cancer, was reporteddead on Monday.
But her spokesperson has slammed the claims, saying,"Aretha is fine," reported TMZ.
Franklin is the latest star who has had to respond toa death hoax. Actor Charlie Sheen was incorrectly reported tohave died in a snowboarding accident on Sunday and singerAaron Carter also denied reports he had passed away last week.
It is believed that the 68-year-old Motown legend wasgiven the diagnosis of the same cancer which killed PatrickSwayze and Michael Landon, though she has neither confirmednor denied it.
Though this type of cancer has only a 5 to 10 per centsurvival rate, Franklin had said in a press statement that shehad a very successful surgery.
Last month, the singer announced she was cancellingall concert dates and personal appearances until May on theorders of her doctors.
This came after she reportedly spent a week inDetroit's Sinai-Grace Hospital for a "serious illness". .