Aretha Franklin is `hanging in there`
(WorldNews Entertainment)

Aretha Franklin is in `bad shape` but `hanging in there`. The 76-year-old music icon is believed to be `gravely` ill, and whilst her family are said to have gathered round to say their goodbyes, her band mate Ralphe Armstrong - who was her bass player for 30 years - insists she`s a `fighter`, who is doing her best to push through. He said: `She`s in bad shape but she`s a fighter. She doesn`t talk about her illness,...