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Aretha
Franklin
performs
at Radio
City
Music
Hall in
New
York,
Friday,
March
21,
2008.
The
concert
was the
first of
two
sold-out
shows.
(AP
Photo/Henny
Ray
Abrams) |
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Aretha
Franklin’s
funeral
set for
Aug. 31
in
Detroit
NEW
YORK -
Aretha
Franklin’s
funeral
will be
held
Aug. 31
in her
hometown
of
Detroit.
The
late
singer’s
publicist,
Gwendolyn
Quinn,
said
Friday
that the
funeral,
to be
held at
Greater
Grace
Temple,
is
limited
to the
Queen of
Soul’s
family
and
friends.
Public
viewings
will
take
place
Aug.
28-29 at
the
Charles
H.
Wright
Museum
of
African
American
History
from 9
a.m. to
9 p.m.
Franklin
will be
entombed
at
Woodlawn
Cemetery
in
Detroit,
along
with her
father
Rev.
C.L.
Franklin;
sisters
Carolyn
Franklin
and Erma
Franklin;
brother
Cecil
Franklin;
and
nephew
Thomas
Garrett.
Franklin
died
Thursday
at her
home in
Detroit
from
pancreatic
cancer.
She was
76.
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