Aretha Franklin
1942-2018
Aretha Franklin, the "Queen of Soul", died today at the age of 76, a victim of pancreatic cancer.
Who among us doesn't have a couple of Aretha's songs embedded in the soundtrack of our lives?
"Aretha helped define the American experience. In her voice, we could feel our history, all of it and in every shade—our power and our pain, our darkness and our light, our quest for redemption and our hard-won respect. May the Queen of Soul rest in eternal peace."
- Barack Obama
I can think of no better tribute Miss Franklin than to just turn it over to the Natural Woman herself. From the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors ceremony....
RIP Aretha Franklin
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