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Aretha Franklin: 20 Great Aretha Franklin Moments

submitted by Nick Aug 16th 2018 04:00 pm (stereogum.com)

When a truly iconic music figure dies, a eulogy can never tell the full story. Sometimes, you learn more about this person's impact on the world when you dig through the flotsam -- random TV performances, soundtrack appearances, half-forgotten duets. We've collected moments like these in the past for recently departed musical legends like David…

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Eulogy: Aretha Franklin’s Family Says Eulogy Was Offensive

submitted by Nick Sep 4th 2018 02:00 pm (stereogum.com)

The late Aretha Franklin’s family said Monday that it found an Atlanta pastor’s eulogy delivered at the Queen of Soul’s funeral last week to be offensive and distasteful. The eulogist, the Rev. Jasper Williams Jr., was criticized for a political address that described children being in a home without a father as "abortion…

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Stevie Wonder: Ariane Grande and Stevie Wonder lead tributes to Aretha Franklin at memorial service

submitted by Nick Sep 1st 2018 11:00 am (www.nme.com)

"Though the pain, she gave us the joy, and said, ‘Let’s make love great again.'"Aretha Franklin - Credit: Express Newspapers / Stringer / GettyStars and fans have paid emotional tributes to Aretha Franklin during her funeral service in Detroit yesterday (August 31) at the Greater Grace Temple. “We will have never known a queen lik...

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Aretha Franklin: Detroit Mayor Announces Plans For Aretha Franklin Park

submitted by Nick Aug 31st 2018 07:00 pm (stereogum.com)

Aretha Franklin's funeral took place today -- it's being live streamed -- and during the ceremonies, Detroit mayor Mike Duggan gave a speech in which he announced that he'll be proposing to city council that the city's Chene Park be renamed to Aretha Franklin Park, as WXYZ reports.

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Aretha Franklin: Open Casket Public Viewing Held For Aretha Franklin Today

submitted by Nick Aug 28th 2018 01:00 pm (stereogum.com)

Here's your chance to pay R-E-S-P-E-C-T to the late Aretha Franklin -- provided you can make it to Detroit in time. Eleven days after the legendary Queen Of Soul passed away, an open-casket public viewing is being held in the rotunda at Detroit's Charles H. Wright Museum Of African American History today, Tuesday, Aug. 28,…

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Aretha Franklin: Next Week’s Aretha Franklin Memorial Concert To Feature The Four Tops, Gladys Knight, Ron Isley, & More: Report

submitted by Nick Aug 23rd 2018 07:00 pm (stereogum.com)

Next Tuesday, an open casket public viewing will be held for Aretha Franklin in Detroit and two days later, on Thursday (8/30), there will be a memorial concert for the late singer at the Chene Park Amphitheater. TMZ has obtained a list of the artists scheduled to perform at the event. They include…

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