Aretha Franklin Never Had Cancer, Says Aretha Franklin

Becky Bain | January 14, 2011 12:11 pm

Although she didn’t specify what ailments she had, Aretha Franklin told Access Hollywood that the reports of her having pancreatic cancer, or any type of cancer at all, are false. “I went through a number of procedures before I knew what was wrong,” said the Queen of Soul. “I was sitting there reading the newspaper and it was saying someone in my family said [pancreatic cancer]… No one in my family ever said that to anybody.” If there’s any good news to feeling ill at all, it’s getting a Get Well Soon message from Obama. “I got a wonderful and beautiful letter from the President. And nobody does it like him!” [Access Hollywood]