By Syndicated Content Courtesy of MGM Aretha Franklin in the upcoming biopic Aretha, out August 13. Unfortunately, the iconic soul singer died in 2018, but Hudson still remembers the last conversation she had with her. “I definitely remember our last call,” Hudson told E!’s Daily Pop. “I miss hearing from her.” “The last thing we spoke about was what she’d been eating and I was telling her about my son cooking. And he’s like, ‘Mother, is that Aretha Franklin on the phone?!’ I was so glad he was there to share that moment,” she expressed. Hudson also recalled being hand-picked by the “Natural Woman” songstress for the leading role in