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Franklin Stable After Being Hospitalized

By Associated Press

March 22, 2004, 8:14 PM EST

NEW YORK -- Aretha Franklin has been hospitalized for an undisclosed ailment and is in stable condition, her publicist said Monday.

The Queen of Soul, who lives in Detroit, was hospitalized Saturday, according to Gwendolyn Quinn, her New York City-based publicist.

Quinn declined to say where the singer had been hospitalized. The publicist said she had no further information about Franklin's illness or how long she would be hospitalized.

The legendary singer turns 62 on Thursday. Last month, she won a Grammy Award for best traditional R&B vocal performance for "Wonderful" from her latest CD, "So Damn Happy."

Franklin, whose soulful voice has made her one of the world's most revered singers, is best known for her signature song "Respect," though she's had countless other hits including "(You Make Me Feel Like) a Natural Woman," "Chain of Fools" and "Freeway of Love."

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I live like an hour away from this. So all over the news they are worrying about it and she is fine I guess. But that is like the top storie on the news and they have news crews in front of the hospital.

Man the news makes things worse then they really are.

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I think we're gonna have to open her up nurse.

But why Dr. Yoda she only has some blood thing?

I dont care I just wanna see some blood, ya BLOOD BLOOD!!!

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Aretha Franklin 'doing fine,' leaves hospital

Queen of Soul was treated for low platelet count

Updated: 4:05 p.m. ET March 24, 2004DETROIT -

Pop diva Aretha Franklin, who suffers from hypertension, was released from a Detroit hospital Wednesday, a day before her 62nd birthday.

“She’s being discharged right now,” Dr. Claud Young, Franklin’s longtime personal physician, told Reuters.

“She responded very well to her treatment and she’s doing just fine,” he added.

He said the Motown legend had been in the Sinai-Grace Hospital since Saturday for treatment of a low platelet count, a blood disorder that can lead to hemorrhaging.

The temporary disorder was caused either by a virus or an allergic reaction to antibiotics Franklin had taken earlier, Young said.

The condition triggered a rash-like skin outbreak that Young described as “superficial capillary bleeding” but he added that it was not related to Franklin’s hypertension.

“She’s got that under control,” he said.

“Oh yes, she’ll be there tomorrow,” Young added, saying Franklin planned to celebrate her birthday with friends and family in her Detroit-area home Thursday.

The Memphis-born performer, who first grabbed the spotlight in the 1960s with hits such as “Respect,” “Think” and “A Natural Woman,” won a Grammy in February for best traditional R&B vocal performance for “Wonderful,” a single off her latest release, “So Damn Happy.”

Last year, she completed a nationwide concert tour, “The Queen is On.”

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4582159/

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