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| MacGyver Online Forums > Macs Loft > RIP The Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin |
| Posted by: denizen 16 August 2018 - 08:05 AM |
| “Queen of Soul” Aretha Franklin, the eruptive singer who reigned atop the pop and R&B charts in the late ’60s and early ’70s with a succession of albums and singles of unparalleled power and emotional depth, has died. She was 76. Franklin was suffering from pancreatic cancer, and had earlier undergone surgery in December 2010. Her longtime publicist Gwendolyn Quinn reported Franklin died Thursday morning at her home in Detroit. “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,” Quinn said in a statement. “We have lost the matriarch and rock of our family. The love she had for her children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and cousins knew no bounds.” |
| Posted by: Barry Rowland 16 August 2018 - 10:12 PM |
| I loved her songs. What a terrible loss. |