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Artist News
Franklin says “health problem resolved”
By CMU Editorial | Published on Friday 7 January 2011
Aretha Franklin has told JET magazine that the unspecified health problem that required surgery late last year, forcing the cancellation of a number of live shows, “has been resolved”. It was widely speculated Franklin was suffering from pancreatic cancer, though neither the singer nor her people have commented on the nature of her condition.
But Franklin did tell JET that she began feeling “a very hard pain” in her side during a concert in Toronto last year. Believing it might be a side effect of a recent colonoscopy, she contacted the medic who had undertaken that procedure, who recommended she have a CAT scan. That scan revealed whatever condition it was that required surgery. Says Franklin: “Thank God he said that because that unfolded everything, what the problem was and everything”.
Remaining silent on the specifics of the surgery she received, she added: “I know my fans are concerned. Let them know I am feeling great and coming along. The problem has been resolved”.
