Home Aretha Franklin at Keep A Child Alive’s 11th Annual Black Ball at Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City on Oct. 30, 2014.<br>(Photo by Ivan Nikolov/WENN.com) Aretha Franklin at Keep A Child Alive's 11th Annual Black Ball at Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City on Oct. 30, 2014.<br>(Photo by Ivan Nikolov/WENN.com)

Aretha Franklin at Keep A Child Alive’s 11th Annual Black Ball at Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City on Oct. 30, 2014.
(Photo by Ivan Nikolov/WENN.com)

Aretha Franklin gives paparazzi the thumbs up as she leaves her hotel in Manhattan, NYC on Sept. 11, 2008.<br>(Photo by Ray Filmano / WENN)