‘Queen of Soul’ Aretha Franklin Dead at 76

Aretha Franklin, who sang about respect for decades and then earned the respect of fans around the world has died following a battle with pancreatic cancer. Franklin was 76 years old.
Royalty and Presidents were among her biggest fans and she sang at Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration. In 2005, she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President George W. Bush in a White House ceremony. Franklin earned 18 Grammy Awards and the Recording Academy’s Grammy Legend Award. She also