Lets show the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, RESPECT
Aretha Louise Franklin (March 25,) 1942 – August 16, 2018)
by Unrated Staff
Photo by Dan Locke
Aretha Franklin passed away on Thursday, August 16, 2018, at the age of 76, in her home in Detroit. Her family and friends were at her side at the time of death. Aretha Franklin has been fighting pancreatic cancer for many years.
We pray for the R&B Soul Musical Legend who has brought the world love, advocacy, and respect through her music
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Aretha Louise Franklin (March 25,) 1942 – August 16, 2018) The Queen of Soul
Her career began back in 1960 as a singer at her father’s church. Recording her first Gospel album while she was still a teen at the age of 14. She was a rising singer who sang with power and intensity. She left our world with such music as “Respect,” known to most peopel. In addition so many more hit songs we all know and love: “Pink Cadillac,” “Natural Woman,” “Amazing Grace,” “Rock Steady,” and the list goes on. She was awarded eighteen Grammy Awards, and many other awards for music and life acheivements.
As an actress, she starred in the Blues Brothers as the wife of Matt “Guitar” Murphy which made us all laugh. Alone with a list of other film appearances.
Aretha Franklin was the first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Her inductee performance was attended by President Clinton. Other presidential honors she had, were on November 9, 2005, President George Bush honored Aretha Franklin with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. On January 20, 2009, she sang at President Barach Obama’s inauguration ceremony. Today President Donald Trump via Twitter, “… a wonderful gift from God.”
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. pic.twitter.com/bfASqKlLc5
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) August 16, 2018
The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, is dead. She was a great woman, with a wonderful gift from God, her voice. She will be missed!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 16, 2018
Rest in Peace The Queen of Soul.
