Aretha Franklin's Son, Eddie Franklin, Severely Beaten at Northwest Detroit Gas Station

Eddie Franklin, son of Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, was reportedly attacked at a gas station on the city’s northwest side. According to the Detroit Free Press, Franklin was attacked by three people, two men and a woman, and was undergoing emergency surgery, Franklin spokeswoman Gwendolyn Quinn said this morning. No arrests have been made as of this morning.

Eddie Franklin made a guest appearance on his mother’s latest release earlier his year, singing “His Eye Is On the Sparrow” on the the 12-track CD “A Woman Falling Out of Love.”A gifted singer, Eddie Franklin also has sung for years at gospel concerts in the Detroit area.

Eddie Franklin was a suspect in a fall 2002 fire at a $1.6 million Bloomfield Township mansion his mother used for storage, but an investigation by the Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox’s Office later cleared him. Source: Detroit Free Press

Let us all hope for a speedy recovery and that the police will get to the bottom of this mess. Unless this was a case of mistaken identity, no one gets beat up like this for nothing.