
Inside Aretha Franklin’s Final Years
Plans for a new album, powerful live performances and more: Friends and colleagues remember Queen of Soul's unstoppable spirit to the very end
Plans for a new album, powerful live performances and more: Friends and colleagues remember Queen of Soul's unstoppable spirit to the very end
She was a traumatized child, a teenage mother, a gospel prodigy and a civil-rights champion. She channeled a world of pain into a sound all her own, but till the end, the greatest singer of her generation remained a mystery.
She made some of pop's most cathartic music, but her mystery only deepened over time
From singing “Eleanor Rigby” in the first person to why “The Long and Winding Road" is the best Beatles cover of all time
She was America’s voice, but her blackness and womanhood made her songs transcend music
Essential moments from pop music's greatest voice
Hall of Fame singer, cultural icon and civil rights activist who influenced countless vocalists succumbs to pancreatic cancer
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