US SINGER ‘QUEEN OF SOUL’ ARETHA FRANKLIN (76) HAS DIED AFTER BATTLING CANCER The US singer, whose career spanned seven decades, passed away at her home in Detroit, Michigan, on Thursday, surrounded by her family.

 US SINGER ‘QUEEN OF SOUL’ ARETHA FRANKLIN (76) HAS DIED AFTER BATTLING CANCER
The US singer, whose career spanned seven decades, passed away at her home in Detroit, Michigan, on Thursday, surrounded by her family.

Franklin had more than 20 US number one hits over a career that spans back to 1952.

 
Known for hits like ‘Respect,’ ‘Think’ and ‘Chain of Fools,’ she gave her final performance November 2017 at a New York gala in aid of the Elton John Aids Foundation.
 
Aretha Franklin has passed at her Detroit home, report.
Aretha Franklin has passed at her Detroit home, report.
 
 
Franklin’s publicist Gwendolyn Quinn has confirmed she died Thursday morning August 16 of pancreatic cancer. Quinn released the following statement: In the last few days she was visited by several high profile friends, including Stevie Wonder, Reverend Jesse Jackson and her ex-husband actor Glynn Turman. source-yahoo

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