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Aretha Franklin dead at 76

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The Queen has died of pancreatic cancer.

Her legacy will ive on.

RIP



 


I'm not sure many people knew, but Aretha wasn't a huge favorite of airplanes and would often take a tour bus rather charter planes.
 
Aretha Franklin wowed crowds at old Memorial Coliseum in 1961

In 1961, a 19-year-old Aretha Franklin took the stage at the old Memorial Coliseum as the opening act for Sam Cooke.

Even then, according to a Journal story about the concert, Franklin commanded the Winston-Salem stage.

As she sang, Cooke stood backstage, peering through the curtain. At one point, he whispered: “That’s my girl. She’s just a kid, but she’s got it. She’s going to be great.”

Cooke added: “What’s she got that makes her great? Soul, man. She sings with soul, plenty of it. Her future is limitless.”..
 
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