Aretha Franklin, long considered the “Queen of Soul” and one of America's most emotional and spiritual interpreters of pop, jazz and soul songs, died on Thursday at her home in Detroit. She was 76. The cause was advanced pancreatic cancer.
My Franklin obituary and appreciation for The Wall Street Journal can be found here. Yesterday, I spoke by phone wit…
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