A year after Aretha Franklin’s death at the age of 76 after a battle with a rare form of pancreatic cancer, her estate held a joint benefit with Detroit’s Women’s Informal Network to raise money for the Boston-based Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Foundation (NETRF), which established a Aretha Franklin cancer fund for cancer research, the Detroit Free Press reports.
According to the publication, Sabrina Owens, Aretha Franklin’s niece said in a statement: “The Aretha Franklin Family is honored to partner with the NETRF to help raise funding for education and research of this devastating disease that takes our loved ones much too soon.
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“We encourage her friends, fans, and supporters to consider contributing to this cause, until such time as we can eradicate NETs. We believe this is possible.”
Source: Aretha Franklin’s Estate Funding Pancreatic Cancer Research
