Just after saying goodbye to Elizabeth Edwards, now I learn today from the local news that Aretha Franklin, the "Queen of Soul," has pancreatic cancer.. one of the least-successfully-treatable ones.
She had surgery late last month, which she says was successful.
More: http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/26067064/detail.html and http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/26067749/detail.html
..and probably all over the Web by now.
