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AP Source: Aretha Franklin is seriously ill

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By MESFIN FEKADU

The Associated Press

NEW YORK  — Aretha Franklin is seriously ill, according to a person close to the singer.

The person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the person was not allowed to publicly talk about the topic, told The Associated Press on Monday that Franklin is seriously ill. No more details were provided.

  • Aretha Franklin performs at the world premiere of “Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives” at Radio City Music Hall, during the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival, Wednesday, April 19, 2017, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

  • Aretha Franklin attends the Elton John AIDS Foundation’s 25th Anniversary Gala at The Cathedral of St. John the Divine on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017, in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)

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  • American soul singer Aretha Franklin dancing for the cameras. (Photo by Express Newspapers/Getty Images)

  • From left, Jessie J, Taylor Swift, Aretha Franklin, Ariana Grande, Idina Menzel, Hayley Williams and Charli XCX seen at Billboard Women in Music at Cipriani Wall Street on Friday, Dec. 12, 2014, in New York. (Photo by Diane Bondareff/Invision for Billboard Magazine/AP Images)

  • Aretha Franklin performs in concert at The Mann Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Philadelphia. (Photo by Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP)

  • Aretha Franklin performs in concert at The Mann Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Philadelphia. (Photo by Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP)

  • Clive Davis, left, and Aretha Franklin attend the Kennedy Center Honors gala at the Kennedy Center on Sunday, Dec. 4, 2016, in Washington. (Photo by Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP)

  • Aretha Franklin performs the national anthem before an NFL football game between the Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings in Detroit, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

  • Singer Aretha Franklin attends the 102nd White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner on April 30, 2016 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images)

  • Aretha Franklin performs at the International Jazz Day Concert on the South Lawn of the White House of the Washington, Friday, April 29, 2016. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

  • Reporter Tamron Hall, from left, Willie Wilkerson, singer Aretha Franklin, music executive Clive Davis and Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. attend Aretha Franklin’s 74th Birthday Celebration at the Ritz-Carlton on Thursday, April 14, 2016, in New York. (Photo by Donald Traill/Invision/AP)

  • Music executive Clive Davis, singer Aretha Franklin and NY-Rep. Charles Rangel attend Aretha Franklin’s 74th Birthday Celebration at the Ritz-Carlton on Thursday, April 14, 2016, in New York. (Photo by Donald Traill/Invision/AP)

  • The photo of Aretha Franklin by Linda McCartney is seen behind a camera during the press preview at the exhibition ‘Sixties’ by Linda McCartney in the Avant-garde House of Art in Apolda, Germany, Friday, April 8, 2016. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

  • FILE – In this Dec. 6, 2015 file photo, Aretha Franklin attends the 38th Annual Kennedy Center Honors in Washington. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP, File)

  • American singer Aretha Franklin sings as Pope Francis and others listen during the World Meeting of Families festival in Philadelphia, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015. (Tony Gentile/Pool Photo via AP)

  • Aretha Franklin attends her annual birthday bash at The Ritz Carlton on Sunday, March 22, 2015, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

  • Aretha Franklin attends Keep a Child Alive’s 2014 Black Ball at the Hammerstein Ballroom on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014, in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)

  • Singer Aretha Franklin waves while standing to receive an honorary Doctor of Arts degree as Chilean author Isabel Allende, left, and former Mayor of New York City Michael Bloomberg, right, look on during Harvard commencement ceremonies, Thursday, May 29, 2014, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

  • Aretha Franklin and her son Kecalf Cunningham attend her 72nd birthday celebration on Sunday, March 23, 2014 in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

  • Singer Aretha Franklin performs at the National Christmas Tree lighting ceremony across from the White House in Washington, Friday, Dec. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

  • Aretha Franklin performs at the NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE on Wednesday July 25, 2012, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

  • Aretha Franklin performs before being honored during the TV Land Awards, Saturday, April 14, 2012 in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

  • Usher and Aretha Franklin appear with Oprah Winfrey during a star-studded double-taping of “Surprise Oprah! A Farewell Spectacular,” Tuesday, May 17, 2011, in Chicago. ” (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

  • Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Aretha Franklin at The Mann Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia, Tuesday, July 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

  • Aretha Franklin, left, and Annie Lennox perform at the 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame concert at Madison Square Garden, Friday, Oct. 30, 2009 in New York. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)

  • Aretha Franklin performs during the inauguration ceremony as Joe Biden, left, Barack Obama, right, and his daughter Malia Obama watch at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

  • Musicians Natalie Cole and Aretha Franklin at the House of Blues, Friday, Nov. 21, 2008 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Shea Walsh)

  • Singer Aretha Franklin bangs the gavel after she rang the New York Stock Exchange closing bell Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008. At right is her companion Willie Wilkerson. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

  • President Bush awards singer Aretha Franklin the Presidential Medal of Freedom Award in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2005, in Washington. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the highest civilian award given. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)

  • R&B music stars including Stevie Wonder, Ashford and Simpson, Usher, Aretha Franklin, Alicia Keys and Patti LaBelle gather impromptu to sing Luther Vandross’ “Power of Love” at his funeral, Friday July 8, 2005 in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

  • Aretha Franklin, “The Queen of Soul” is flanked by Kevin Richardson, left, and A.J. McLean of the Backstreet Boys during their performance at the “VH1 Divas 2001: The One and Only Aretha Franklin” tribute Tuesday, April 10, 2001, in New York. (AP Photo/Suzanne Plunkett)

  • Singer Aretha Franklin, left, gets welcomed on stage by President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton at the White House Correspondents Association dinner at the Washington Hilton in Washington, Saturday, May 1, 1999. Franklin was guest peformer at the event. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

  • Singer Aretha Franklin dances on stage during the first annual march on cancer Saturday, Sept. 26, 1998, in Washington. (AP Photo/Khue Bui)

  • Soul R&B star Aretha Franklin poses for photographers during the 39th Annual Grammy Awards in New York Wednesday, Feb. 26, 1997. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

  • Soul singer Aretha Franklin finishes her set at the Concert for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Saturday, Sep. 2, 1995. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)

  • President Bill Clinton and Mrs.Hillary Rodham Clintonapplaud the 1994 Kennedy Center Honors award recipients during a reception Sunday, Dec. 4, 1994 in the East Room of the White House. From left to right are songwriter Pete Seeger, director Harold Prince, composer Morton Gould, singer Aretha Franklin, actor Kirk Douglas and the Clintons. (AP Photo/Doug Mills)

  • Aretha Franklin holds her award for lifetime achievement backstage at the 36th Annual Grammy Awards ceremonies at New York’s Radio City Music Hall, March 1, 1994. (AP Photo/Mike Albans)

  • Singing legend Aretha Franklin brings down the house in the finale of “Aretha Franklin: Duets,” an AIDS benefit concert in New York, April 28, 1993. From left to right: Franklin, singers Smokey Robinson, Gloria Estefan, Rod Stewart, Bonnie Raitt, and actors Dustin Hoffman and Robert De Niro. (AP Photo/Ron Frehm)

  • Aretha Franklin performs at New York’s Radio City Music Hall, July 5, 1989. (AP Photo/Mario Suriani)

  • Singing great Aretha Franklin joins George Michael on stage during his Faith World Tour in the Detroit area at the Palace of Auburn Hills, Aug. 30, 1988. The duo sang their Grammy-winning hit “I Knew You Were Waiting.” (AP Photo/Rob Kozloff)

  • Singers James Brown and Aretha Franklin perform at the Taboo night club in Detroit Saturday night, Jan. 11, 1987. (AP Photo/Joe Kennedy)

  • File – Aretha Franklin holds both shoes and award after being honored during the 10th annual American Music Award presentation in Los Angeles on, Jan. 17, 1983. Ms. Franklin received her third American Music award by winning the honor for favorite soul album with “Jump To It.” (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

  • File – Aretha Franklin and her new husband, Glen Turman, arrive at a Los Angeles hotel, April 17, 1978 for their wedding reception. Turman signals his okay and pleasure at the reception as Kecalf, 8, Aretha’s son by a previous marriage looks on. (AP Photo/Doug Pizac)

  • Sylvester Levay and Aretha Franklin,right, are shown at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, Feb. 28, 1976. (AP Photo)

  • American soul singer Aretha Franklin, a star on the Atlantic record label. (Photo by Express Newspapers/Getty Images)

  • Aretha Franklin attends the Elton John AIDS Foundation’s 25th Anniversary Gala at The Cathedral of St. John the Divine on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017, in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)

  • File – Aretha Franklin performing on the ‘VH1 Divas Live: The One and Only Aretha Franklin’ at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, 4/9/01. (Photo by Scott Gries/ImageDirect)

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The Queen of Soul canceled planned concerts earlier this year after she was ordered by her doctor to stay off the road and rest up.

Last year, the 76-year-old icon announced her plans to retire, saying she would perform at “some select things.”