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FILE - In this Nov. 21, 2008 file photo, Aretha Franklin performs at the House of Blues in Los Angeles. Franklin died Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018 at her home in Detroit. She was 76. (AP Photo/Shea Walsh, file)

Aretha Franklin, ‘Queen of Soul,’ dies of cancer at age 76

By Mesfin Fekadu and Hillel Italie - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 13, 1972 file photo, Aretha Franklin holds her Grammy Award for Best Rhythm and Blue performance of the song &quot;Bridge Over Troubled Waters,&quot; in New York. Franklin died Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018 at her home in Detroit. She was 76. (AP Photo/Dave Pickoff, File)

The thrill and the truth of Aretha Franklin

By HILLEL ITALIE - Associated Press