USA Today Music — Scores of friends, family, fans, celebrities and dignitaries will pay their final respects today to Aretha Franklin during her funeral in Detroit. The Queen of Soul died of pancreatic cancer on Aug. 16.
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USA Today Music — The Beefeaters, the Buckingham Palace guard, has a band, and they busted out "Respect" Friday in tribute to Aretha Franklin.
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USA Today Music — Even the King himself — Elvis Presley, who famously drove a pink 1955 Cadillac Fleetwood — would have been proud at the turnout of for the Queen.
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New York Times — Thousands gathered inside a Detroit church to pay respects to the “Queen of Soul,†the musical giant whose legacy was evident in several hours of tributes in song. more info
Detroit Free Press — Bill Clinton, Jesse Jackson, Smokey Robinson and Isiah Thomas are among the speakers for Aretha Franklin's funeral at Greater Grace Temple in Detroit.
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Reuters — Hundreds of mourners gathered at a Detroit church on Friday for a music-infused funeral for Aretha Franklin, featuring tributes by former U.S. President Bill Clinton and singer Stevie Wonder to the Queen of Soul, who died this month at age 76.
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USA Today Music — Thousands of friends, family, fans, celebrities and dignitaries will pay their final respects today to Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, who died of pancreatic cancer on Aug. 16.
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USA Today Music — Thousands of friends, family, fans, celebrities and dignitaries will pay their final respects today to Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, who died of pancreatic cancer on Aug. 16.
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Guardian Music — Stevie Wonder and Ariana Grande are among those paying tribute to the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, who died earlier this month at the age of 76Aretha Franklin sold more than 75m records in her lifetime and won 18 Grammy awards. After signing with ... more info