PASADENA, CA – SEPTEMBER 07: Singers Aretha Franklin (L) and Stevie Wonder onstage at the 10th Annual Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards held at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium on September 7, 2005 in Pasadena, California.
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NEW YORK, NY – FEBRUARY 18: Aretha Franklin performs at Radio City Music Hall on February 18, 2012 in New York City.
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DETROIT, MI – SEPTEMBER 05: Singer Aretha Franklin performs during a Labor Day event sponsored by the Metro Detroit Central Labor Council on September 5, 2011 in Detroit, Michigan. Franklin entertained the crowd as they awaited President Barack Obama’s Labor Day address.
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LOS ANGELES, CA – FEBRUARY 10: Singers Aretha Franklin (L) and Bebe Winans perform onstage during the 50th annual Grammy awards held at the Staples Center on February 10, 2008 in Los Angeles, California.
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Aretha Franklin performs at “An Evening of Stars Tribute to Aretha Franklin” Saturday Sept. 9, 2006 at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, CA this was the 2nd day of taping for the United Negro College Fund special.
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WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 14: Aretha Franklin performs during the BET Honors 2012 at the Warner Theatre on January 14, 2012 in Washington, DC.
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Portrait of American soul singer Aretha Franklin as she wears a strapless dress and pearl necklace and has her hair in a bun, 1977.
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Soul singer Aretha Franklin is shown at a news conference on March 26, 1973.
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November 1980: American singer Aretha Franklin, the ‘first lady of soul’, in performance.
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Soul singer Aretha Franklin performs during the 47th Annual Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, Ca. on Tuesday, April 8, 1975.
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