Home Rev. Jesse Jackson hugs Rev. Robert Smith Jr., the pastor of New Bethel Baptist Church, to mourn singer Aretha Franklin’s passing on August 16, 2018 in Detroit, Michigan. Franklin died today in Detroit of pancreatic cancer at the age of 76.<br>(Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images) Rev. Jesse Jackson hugs Rev. Robert Smith Jr., the pastor of New Bethel Baptist Church, to mourn singer Aretha Franklin's passing on August 16, 2018 in Detroit, Michigan. Franklin died today in Detroit of pancreatic cancer at the age of 76.<br>(Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)

Rev. Jesse Jackson hugs Rev. Robert Smith Jr., the pastor of New Bethel Baptist Church, to mourn singer Aretha Franklin’s passing on August 16, 2018 in Detroit, Michigan. Franklin died today in Detroit of pancreatic cancer at the age of 76.
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Rev. Leslie Mathews (left) and Emma Lockridge (right), both of Detroit, Michigan, sit and mourn the death of singer Aretha Franklin at New Bethel Baptist Church where Franklin’s father used to be pastor on August 16, 2018 in Detroit, Michigan. Franklin died this morning in Detroit of pancreatic cancer at the age of 76.<br>(Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)
HOLLYWOOD, FL — Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin performing live in concert at Seminole Hard Rock Live Hollywood, Florida on March 16, 2010. <P> <P><B>CREDIT:</B><BR/> WENN.com</P>