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Aretha Franklin
August 24, 2019
The checks found were from various things, they included, $702,711.90 from Sound Exchange and the Screen Writers Guild and $285,944.27…
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August 23, 2019
Barack Obama is now part of the Aretha Franklin estate process as the court determines whether or not he can…
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August 20, 2019
DETROIT (AP) — Regardless of her reputation as a performer, Aretha Franklin's cancer doctors say she was no diva as…
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August 16, 2019
Earline Franklin has filed a claim against Aretha Franklin’s estate, asking to be compensated $43,000 for her services from April…
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August 7, 2019
Aretha Franklin is said to have left an estate worth $80 million, but in a suburban Detroit courtroom, a battle…
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July 10, 2019
Aretha Franklin sang about the "Freeway of Love" and now we know where it is: Detroit's Lodge Freeway, which Michigan's…
Aretha Franklin waves after her performance at the International Jazz Day Concert (Photo by Aude Guerrucci-Pool/Getty Images)
June 19, 2019
[griojw id=”QcGszS2Q” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   Aretha Franklin’s youngest son is fighting to take control of the deceased singer’s estate and has
Oscar and Grammy awards singer Jennifer Hudson sings "Amazing Grace" in tribute to Aretha Franklin, who received a special music citation during the 2019 Pulitzer Prize winners awards luncheon at Columbia University, Tuesday May 28, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
May 29, 2019
With bad weather in Chicago on Monday and her flight canceled, Jennifer Hudson fretted at the thought of missing her…
May 21, 2019
Three handwritten wills have been found in the suburban Detroit home of Aretha Franklin, months after the death of the…
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May 2, 2019
The Tudor home that the Queen of Soul lived in when she recorded her 1998 album 'A Rose is Still…
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April 16, 2019
Aretha Franklin received the Pulitzer Prize Special Citation honor posthumously, she is the first individual woman to earn the prize…
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March 25, 2019
Today, Aretha Franklin would have celebrated her 77th birthday. Family and friends paid their respects while getting a first look…
Wendy Williams is under fire from Aretha Franklin's family members for her comments about new documentary on the Queen of Soul. (Wendy Williams/Youtube)
March 18, 2019
[griojw id=”LofDvBsE” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   Wendy Williams is under fire for criticizing an upcoming film featuring the Queen of Soul, and
Aretha Franklin waves after her performance at the International Jazz Day Concert (Photo by Aude Guerrucci-Pool/Getty Images)
February 28, 2019
Before her death in August, Aretha Frankli filed a police report that detailed a person stealing her checks, TMZ reports.
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February 17, 2019
A documentary with rare footage of Aretha Franklin will take fans behind-the-scenes of the recording of her classic 1972 live…
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February 12, 2019
Fans missing Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin will get to enjoy volumes of her work when National Geographic devotes the third season
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February 10, 2019
Get all the info on what went down at the star-studded, annual pre-GRAMMY gala hosted by Clive Davis on Saturday…
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January 31, 2019
Kecalf Cunningham is serving 93 days in jail on a DUI charge that happened a few weeks after the soul…
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December 29, 2018
Tyler Perry will host a tribute concert, Aretha! A Grammy Celebration for the Queen of Soul to honor Aretha Franklin…
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December 28, 2018
Aretha Franklin sold millions of records over several decades, but apparently all of her tax burdens were not settled before…