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Aretha Franklin

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Aretha Franklin

1942 – 2018 · aged 76 · Singer

“The Queen of Soul.”

Portrait: Atlantic Records (Life time: Published before 1978 without a copyright notice), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Aretha Franklin grew up singing gospel in her father's Detroit church and became the Queen of Soul with Respect, Chain of Fools and (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman. She was the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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“The Queen of Soul.”

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Publicity photo of Aretha Franklin from Billboard, 17 February 1968. The uploaded photo is a better quality copy of the image shown in the ad. There are no copy
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Cropped image of larger trade ad for Aretha Franklin's single "Baby I Love You". To better adapt it to her respective Wikipedia article, this extracted image wa
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Aretha Franklin birthplace at 406 Lucy Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee. (Snow flurries in the pictures.)
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Aretha Franklin watching Roger Federer at the 2011 US Open
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Aretha Franklin - Willing To Forgive (Official Music Video)
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Aretha Franklin - I Dreamed A Dream
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WATCH: Aretha Franklin sings "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman"
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George Michael, Aretha Franklin - I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) (Official Video)
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Tributes

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Gratitude

I never met Aretha, but I feel like I grew up with them. Thank you for being part of my life.

Ilana Kramer26d ago

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Keith Henderson25d ago

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I feel exactly the same way.

Santiago Torres
3 Dec 2025

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The songs don't go anywhere. That's the comfort.

Donna Moore21 Dec 2025

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Anne Thornton9 Jan 2026

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Beautifully said.

Chava Stern
5 Nov 2025

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My dad introduced me to Aretha's work when I was a kid. We talked about it for hours. Today I'm thinking of both of them.

Cristina Herrera1 Dec 2025

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I feel exactly the same way.

Rachel Dean
2 Nov 2025

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What they gave us

Not many people can say they made millions of strangers feel less alone. Aretha could.

Henry Lam
2 Nov 2025

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Gratitude

I cried when I heard the news, and I'm not ashamed of it. Aretha was part of the soundtrack of my life.

Robert Howard
1 Nov 2025

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Lighting a candle from Argentina. Aretha meant a great deal to a lot of us here.

Tammy Carpenter
8 Oct 2025

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Gone too soon, even at any age. There was so much more to come.

Carla Robinson
13 Sept 2025

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Sending love to everyone grieving today. Aretha belonged to all of us, and we all lost something.

Jiyeon Cho19 Sept 2025

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Richard Phillips25 Sept 2025

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Thank you for sharing this.

Harold Spiegel
9 Sept 2025

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In memory

Thank you for a lifetime of it, Aretha. Rest in peace.

Nour Saleh
14 Jul 2025

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Rest in peace

There are people you assume will always be there. Losing Aretha feels like losing a piece of the furniture of the world.

Javier Estrada15 Aug 2025

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Yes. This.

Dawn Powell22 Aug 2025

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Sending love from the States.

Ming Kwon
20 May 2025

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Gratitude

I met Aretha once, very briefly, and they were kind to a nervous stranger. That's what I'll remember.

Vincent Jordan24 Jul 2025

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This made me cry. Thank you.

Timothy Ruiz
30 Apr 2025

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Gratitude

Saw Aretha live once. Best night of my life, and I've had a few.

Chava Stern
29 Mar 2025

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A light in the dark

Aretha's voice got me through the worst year of my life. I owe them more than I can say.

Keith Henderson10 May 2025

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Beautifully said.

Jennifer Pratt9 Nov 2025

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Couldn't agree more.

Terry West
14 Mar 2025

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Never forgotten

I keep coming back to this page. It helps to know so many others feel the same.

Blanca Pena30 Sept 2025

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Sending love from Germany.

Joy Castillo26 Apr 2026

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Candles

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254 people are remembering Aretha here. Light a candle when words are hard. It stays here.

Angelica Rivera🇺🇸8d ago
Nicole Grant🇺🇸10d ago
Anonymous🇬🇧16d ago
Anonymous🇧🇷19d ago
Glenn Evans🇺🇸5 Aug 2026
Rosemary Powell🇺🇸4 Aug 2026
Thank you for everything.
Noah Weinstein🇺🇸24 Jul 2026
Anonymous🇳🇬19 Jul 2026
Lighting this with love.
Anonymous🇧🇷7 Jul 2026
Anonymous🇳🇿7 Jul 2026
Peace.
Molly Rice🇺🇸4 Jul 2026
You were one of a kind.
Ruth Fields🇺🇸29 Jun 2026
Thank you for everything.
Dylan Hamilton🇺🇸25 Jun 2026
Grateful for your life.
Anonymous🇨🇦22 Jun 2026
Still miss you.
Noah Weinstein🇺🇸19 Jun 2026
Nicole Grant🇺🇸13 Jun 2026
You were one of a kind.
Timothy Ruiz🇺🇸9 Jun 2026
You made the world better.
Angelica Rivera🇺🇸29 May 2026
Thinking of the family today.
Priya Naidu🇮🇳28 May 2026
Mwangi Kariuki🇰🇪25 May 2026
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Timeline

  1. 25 March 1942
    Born in Memphis, Tennessee, USA
  2. 16 August 2018
    Died in Detroit, Michigan, USA
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