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The Queen Of Soul,Aretha Franklin Dies At The Age Of*I urgently need support and donations:Name:Anyasoro Chekwube WM.,Acct.no.:4240853014,Bank:FCMB in Nigeria,My facebook acct.:www.facebook.com/chekwube.anyasoro.1,Phone no.:+2349092171875* 76.Tributes Pour In From Many Celebrities.




Tributes are pouring in from the worlds of entertainment and politics for Aretha Franklin, the US singer known as the Queen of Soul, who has died at 76.
Franklin performed at inauguration events for three US presidents*I urgently need support and donations:Name:Anyasoro Chekwube WM.,Acct.no.:4240853014,Bank:FCMB in Nigeria,My facebook acct.:www.facebook.com/chekwube.anyasoro.1,Phone no.:+2349092171875* and was a powerful advocate for the civil rights movement.
"For more than 50 years, she stirred our souls," Bill and Hillary Clinton said in a joint statement.
Barack Obama said her music had "helped define the American Experience".
Remembered for hits like Respect and I Say A Little Prayer, Franklin won 18 Grammys and*I urgently need support and donations:Name:Anyasoro Chekwube WM.,Acct.no.:4240853014,Bank:FCMB in Nigeria,My facebook acct.:www.facebook.com/chekwube.anyasoro.1,Phone no.:+2349092171875* had 17 Top Ten US chart hits over a musical career spanning seven decades.
She was diagnosed with cancer in 2010, and announced last year she was retiring from music.
The singer died at her home in Detroit surrounded*I urgently need support and donations:Name:Anyasoro Chekwube WM.,Acct.no.:4240853014,Bank:FCMB in Nigeria,My facebook acct.:www.facebook.com/chekwube.anyasoro.1,Phone no.:+2349092171875* by family and loved ones, her family said in a statement.

Flowers and tributes are placed on the Star for Aretha Franklin on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood, California, August 16, 2018Image copyrightEPA
Image captionTributes have appeared at the singer's Hollywood Walk of Fame star

What did she mean to Americans?

In 2005, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W Bush, when she was saluted for "capturing the hearts of millions of Americans".
She was "one of America's greatest national treasures", the Clintons said.*I urgently need support and donations:Name:Anyasoro Chekwube WM.,Acct.no.:4240853014,Bank:FCMB in Nigeria,My facebook acct.:www.facebook.com/chekwube.anyasoro.1,Phone no.:+2349092171875* "She was elegant, graceful, and utterly uncompromising in her artistry."
Mr Obama said in a joint statement with his wife Michelle: "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.





"She helped us feel more connected to each other, more hopeful, more human.*I urgently need support and donations:Name:Anyasoro Chekwube WM.,Acct.no.:4240853014,Bank:FCMB in Nigeria,My facebook acct.:www.facebook.com/chekwube.anyasoro.1,Phone no.:+2349092171875* And sometimes she helped us just forget about everything else and dance."
The current President, Donald Trump, tweeted that Franklin had been a "great woman, with a wonderful gift from God, her voice".
The ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) said Franklin*I urgently need support and donations:Name:Anyasoro Chekwube WM.,Acct.no.:4240853014,Bank:FCMB in Nigeria,My facebook acct.:www.facebook.com/chekwube.anyasoro.1,Phone no.:+2349092171875* had made sure "black women wouldn't be ignored".

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The singer was praised by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People*I urgently need support and donations:Name:Anyasoro Chekwube WM.,Acct.no.:4240853014,Bank:FCMB in Nigeria,My facebook acct.:www.facebook.com/chekwube.anyasoro.1,Phone no.:+2349092171875* (NAACP) as an "iconic symbol of black pride whose music touched so many hearts and souls"
Civil rights leader Al Sharpton said he was "deeply saddened by the passing of a beloved friend and queen/warrior" while fellow civil rights figure Jesse Jackson remarked, "Earth has lost a lot of music today."
Nasa, the US space agency, noted that the asteroid*I urgently need support and donations:Name:Anyasoro Chekwube WM.,Acct.no.:4240853014,Bank:FCMB in Nigeria,My facebook acct.:www.facebook.com/chekwube.anyasoro.1,Phone no.:+2349092171875* bearing her name would keep on orbiting.

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How did she pass away?

Her family confirmed her death had been due to*I urgently need support and donations:Name:Anyasoro Chekwube WM.,Acct.no.:4240853014,Bank:FCMB in Nigeria,My facebook acct.:www.facebook.com/chekwube.anyasoro.1,Phone no.:+2349092171875* advanced pancreatic cancer of the neuroendocrine type.
"In one of the darkest moments of our lives, we are not able to find the appropriate words to express the pain in our heart," it said.
"We have lost the matriarch and rock of our family. The love she had for*I urgently need support and donations:Name:Anyasoro Chekwube WM.,Acct.no.:4240853014,Bank:FCMB in Nigeria,My facebook acct.:www.facebook.com/chekwube.anyasoro.1,Phone no.:+2349092171875* her children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews and cousins knew no bounds."
Franklin gave her final performance last November at a gala in New York held in aid of the Elton John Aids Foundation.

Who was Aretha Franklin?

Born in Memphis to a gospel singer/pianist and a celebrated Baptist preacher, Franklin was*I urgently need support and donations:Name:Anyasoro Chekwube WM.,Acct.no.:4240853014,Bank:FCMB in Nigeria,My facebook acct.:www.facebook.com/chekwube.anyasoro.1,Phone no.:+2349092171875* tutored from an early age by such gospel stars as Mahalia Jackson and Clara Ward.
She struggled to find fame in the early years - the Columbia record label was unsure how to frame her powerful voice.




Media captionAretha Franklin: In her own words

After moving to Atlantic Records in 1966, she made her*I urgently need support and donations:Name:Anyasoro Chekwube WM.,Acct.no.:4240853014,Bank:FCMB in Nigeria,My facebook acct.:www.facebook.com/chekwube.anyasoro.1,Phone no.:+2349092171875*. breakthrough, releasing some of her most iconic songs like Respect.
By 1968 she was renowned throughout America and Europe as "Lady Soul" - a symbol of black pride who appeared on the cover of Time and was given an award by Martin Luther King.

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Chain of hits


Aretha Franklin in November 2017Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES
Image captionShe gave her last performance in New York last November

  • Respect - US number one and double Grammy winner in 1967
  • (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman - a top 10 US hit in 1967
  • Chain of Fools - reached number two in the US in 1968
  • Think - another US top 10 hit in '68
  • I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) - a duet with George Michael, number one in the US and UK in 1987

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What is the music world saying?

Sir Elton John said he had "adored and worshipped" her: "The*I urgently need support and donations:Name:Anyasoro Chekwube WM.,Acct.no.:4240853014,Bank:FCMB in Nigeria,My facebook acct.:www.facebook.com/chekwube.anyasoro.1,Phone no.:+2349092171875* loss of Aretha Franklin is a blow for everybody who loves real music."
Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney wrote: "Let's all take a moment to give thanks for the beautiful life of Aretha Franklin, the Queen of our souls, who inspired us all for many many years."
Mariah Carey paid tribute on Twitter, calling*I urgently need support and donations:Name:Anyasoro Chekwube WM.,Acct.no.:4240853014,Bank:FCMB in Nigeria,My facebook acct.:www.facebook.com/chekwube.anyasoro.1,Phone no.:+2349092171875* Franklin an inspiration, mentor and friend.
Ref. BBC.


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