RIP Aretha Franklin

[Kuba]

 

[DonH56]

That is very sad news...

 

[ripvw]

God save the Queen of Soul...

https://www.npr.org/2018/08/16/532687119/aretha-franklin-the-queen-of-soul-dead-at-76

Requiescat in pace

 

[amirm]

Rest in peace Aretha. You gave us much joy.

 

[jhaider]

Colbert closed with her 2015 Kennedy Center Honors performance tonight. God damn! The NYT also posted a video:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/16/...klin-natural-woman-kennedy-center-honors.html

RIP

 

[Ron Party]

She was the greatest. And that's saying a lot, given the wonderful women who have blessed our world in the genre, including Whitney, Roberta, Etta, Gladys, Patti, Chaka, Minnie and Anita, just to name a few.

I remember watching that Kennedy Center performance as if it just happened yesterday. And, of course, her visit to the White House, also in 2015:

What a voice!

 

[DonH56]

She put the soul in soul...