At 87, Pastor Shirley Caesar Is Saying Goodbye After Her Heartbreaking Diagnosis

Shirley Caesar started singing at six years old to help feed her family. By seven, she watched men carry her father's body out on a door slab because no ambulance would come for a Black family in Durham. She turned that pain into a voice that won 12 Grammys and filled arenas for over 60 years. But now, at 87, something has changed. Shows are being canceled. Public appearances have slowed down. And the woman who once told death rumors to stop spreading is now using words like "goodbye" and "final." The diagnosis she's been hiding is worse than anyone expected.