Slideshow posted in Photos | Tuesday, January 04, 2011
18 of 39: Aretha Franklin, who has struggled with her weight for years, said on 'The Wendy Williams Show' in March 2011 that she lost 85 pounds and was once 'entirely too fat for words,' two months after she underwent surgery for a mysterious ailment. (Pictured: Aretha Franklin appears on 'The Wendy Williams Show' on March 2, 2011. / Aretha Franklin appears in an undated 2007 photo.) (Debmar-Mercury / flickr.com/photos/ktkatrina)