The Queen of Soul died on Thursday at her home in Detroit
Aretha Franklin has passed away aged 76, after a battle with advanced pancreatic cancer.
Her representative, Gwendolyn Quinn, said she died on Thursday.
Publicist for Aretha Franklin says the Queen of Soul died Thursday at her home in Detroit. https://t.co/EEqRxODtPo
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 16, 2018
Named the best singer of all time by Rolling Stone in 2013, she received 18 Grammy awards over the course of her amazing career.
