Say A Little Prayer for Aretha :(

Adjective
deadly
bent shape of the setting staircase of death sickness

https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/doodzieke

You still used Google Translate or something to translate part or all of that, which is where the “staircase” arose.

My wife and I saw her in Chicago in the spring of last year and she still brought down the house. She sat for most of the concert, and had to take a bit of a break with a set that featured her band, but man was her voice a star. Rev. Jesse Jackson was two rows in front of us, and she saw him and declared, "what are you doing way back there, Jesse?, come right up front right now!" It was a magical night for sure. Rest in Power - R.E.S.P.E.C.T. Aretha!

Okay, sorry to belabor the point but hey ilx: forgot the iPhone has a Dutch dictionary - two actually- which translates the word as “mortally ill.”

That's what it means, yes, but that was already well established iirc

Aretha Franklin -- RIP

If anyone deserves her own RIP thread its Aretha. Locking this one temporarily.