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 leaves her midtown hotel in New York City on Oct. 3, 2012.<br>(Photo by Patricia Schlein/ WENN.com)