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Aretha Franklin dies
16 Aug 2018 at 10:26hrs | Views
76-year-old music superstar Aretha Franklin has died, according to a report by AP.
The news follows reports on Monday that the multiple award-winning artist was "gravely ill" and surrounded by her family in Detroit.
Back in 2010 Franklin was diagnosed with cancer and earlier this year cancelled a series of shows on doctor's orders.
Franklin - who started singing as a child in the same church where her father, C. L. Franklin, was minister - had a series of number one singles including: I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You); Respect ; Baby I Love You and Chain of Fools.
The news follows reports on Monday that the multiple award-winning artist was "gravely ill" and surrounded by her family in Detroit.
The popular artist's recording career spanned more than five decades and over the course of it she won 18 Grammy awards.BREAKING: Publicist for Aretha Franklin says the Queen of Soul died Thursday at her home in Detroit.
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 16, 2018
Franklin - who started singing as a child in the same church where her father, C. L. Franklin, was minister - had a series of number one singles including: I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You); Respect ; Baby I Love You and Chain of Fools.
Source - channel24
