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Aretha Franklin has passed away

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DavetheCat2001 · 16/08/2018 15:09

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theliverpoolone · 19/08/2018 13:51

I was amazed to learn that she got pregnant with her first child age 12, and had her second age 14 - and still went on to start her singing career as a teenager. She must have had such a tough time. Incredible lady.

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BrittW · 19/08/2018 11:58

I liked all her work, but there's one sublime song that she sang with her younger sister, Carolyn who died 30 yrs ago, called "Walk Around Heaven. I have it as a single.

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DarlingNikita · 17/08/2018 16:56

maggie, thanks so much for that clip. How beautiful.

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MistressOfTheGarter · 17/08/2018 16:43

My favourite track is her version of Bridge Over Troubled Water. Just sublime.

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tribpot · 17/08/2018 16:38

Buxtonstill me too. I've never heard that recording before, it's incredible. She was incredible.

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Senac32 · 17/08/2018 12:45

" MalloryLaurel Thu 16-Aug-18 21:06:43

I love Think! It's so good I have to listen to it twice."
That's my favourite too. Smile

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Buxtonstill · 17/08/2018 08:59

After the bows at Les Mis in London and the US last night they played Aretha singing ‘I dreamed a dream’ after an announcement to the audience. This version gives me goose pimples.

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Chocolatelavender · 17/08/2018 07:47

RIP Aretha Franklin. An amazing talent, powerful and truly inspirational woman. FlowersStar

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Slartybartfast · 17/08/2018 07:44

George is waiting for you Aretha. RIP

Sad Thanks

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Slartybartfast · 17/08/2018 07:44
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OliviaStabler · 17/08/2018 07:33

George is waiting for you Aretha. RIP

Just what I was thinking.

RIP Aretha.

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Slartybartfast · 17/08/2018 06:39

They were playing loads of her songs on the radio last night, beautiful songs. RIP

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Saphire01 · 17/08/2018 01:01

Another legend gone. They don't make them like they used to. RIP Aretha!

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maggiethecat · 17/08/2018 00:38


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maggiethecat · 17/08/2018 00:38

Amazing voice. People have been watching her performance of Natural Woman honouring Carole King in 2015 but I just watched her duet of Ooh Baby with Smokey Robinson - sublime. Not a powerhouse performance but you hear the beauty of her voice.
LEGEND

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comperdenise · 16/08/2018 23:30

RIP ARETHA U WILL BE MISSED

Denise x

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BMW6 · 16/08/2018 22:11

A Great lady. Thanks for the Soul Aretha x

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D0do · 16/08/2018 21:43

No one will be surprised to hear that Obama's successor was not able to match that. Came out with some garbage about knowing Aretha very well (really?) and how she had 'worked for him' many times. What an insult.

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TokyoSushi · 16/08/2018 21:17

I walked down the aisle to 'You're all I need to get by' love it!

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MalloryLaurel · 16/08/2018 21:06

I love Think! It's so good I have to listen to it twice. Such a shame.

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RickOShay · 16/08/2018 20:38

She got me through some dark days.
you will be missed Aretha

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Butterymuffin · 16/08/2018 20:31

Thank goodness Obama is still able to speak publicly like this in spite of not being president. A decent tribute is needed.

RIP Aretha. Her absolute command of a song was incredible.

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PerkingFaintly · 16/08/2018 20:28

Barack Obama's tribute to Aretha:

America has no royalty. But we do have a chance to earn something more enduring. Born in Memphis and raised in Detroit, Aretha Franklin grew up performing gospel songs in her father’s congregation. For more than six decades since, every time she sang, we were all graced with a glimpse of the divine. Through her compositions and unmatched musicianship, Aretha helped define the American experience. In her voice, we could feel our history, all of it and in every shade—our power and our pain, our darkness and our light, our quest for redemption and our hard-won respect. She helped us feel more connected to each other, more hopeful, more human. And sometimes she helped us just forget about everything else and dance.

Aretha may have passed on to a better place, but the gift of her music remains to inspire us all. May the Queen of Soul rest in eternal peace. Michelle and I send our prayers and warmest sympathies to her family and all those moved by her song.

www.instagram.com/p/Bmi_j-1niwI/

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SchadenfreudePersonified · 16/08/2018 20:02

A FOUR OCTAVE RANGE!

Amazing - and a wonderful human being.

RIP Flowers

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