Editing Aretha Franklin (section)

==Personal life==
Franklin moved to New York City from Detroit in the 1960s where she lived until relocating to Los Angeles in the mid-1970s. She eventually settled in the Los Angeles neighborhood of [[Encino, Los Angeles|Encino]], where she lived until 1982. She then returned to the Detroit suburb of [[Bloomfield Hills, Michigan|Bloomfield Hills]] to be close to her ailing father and siblings. Franklin maintained a residence there until her death. Following an incident in 1984, she cited a fear of flying that prevented her from traveling overseas; she performed only in North America afterwards.<ref name=wendy>{{Cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXI72Wa65LU |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/LXI72Wa65LU| archive-date=December 11, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Interview|publisher=The Wendy Williams Show|date=March 2011|time =2:00|access-date=August 16, 2011}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Franklin was [[Baptist]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Aretha Franklin Comes Home To New Bethel Baptist Church |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/aretha-franklin-arrives-new-bethel-baptist-church/ |website=CBS News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230811215908/https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/aretha-franklin-arrives-new-bethel-baptist-church/ |archive-date=August 11, 2023 |date=August 30, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Franklin was the mother of four sons. She first became pregnant at the age of 12 and gave birth to her first child, named Clarence after her father,{{Sfn|Ritz|2014|pp=58–59}} on January 28, 1955. In one of her handwritten wills, discovered in 2019, Franklin revealed that the father was Edward Jordan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/music/aretha-franklin-s-handwritten-wills-if-real-shed-light-titanic-n1008611|title=Aretha Franklin's handwritten wills, if real, shed light on a titanic – and complicated – life|last=Johnson|first=Alex|date=May 21, 2019|publisher=[[NBC News]]|access-date=May 27, 2019}}</ref> On August 31, 1957, at the age of 15, Franklin had a second child fathered by Jordan, named Edward Derone Franklin after his father.<ref name="MN">{{cite web |url = https://madamenoire.com/484503/biographer-paints-different-portrait-of-aretha-franklin/ |title = Orgies, Attitudes And Anxieties: Biographer Paints Different Portrait Of Aretha Franklin |first = Veronica |last = Wells |date = October 30, 2014 |website = Madame Noire }}</ref> Franklin did not like to discuss her early pregnancies with interviewers.{{Sfn|Ritz|2014|p=48}} Both children took her family name. While Franklin was pursuing her singing career and "hanging out with [friends]", her grandmother Rachel and sister Erma took turns raising her children.{{sfn|''Ebony''|1995|p=32}} Franklin would visit them often.{{Sfn|Ritz|2014|p=83}} Her third child, Ted White Jr., was born to Franklin and her husband Theodore "Ted" White in February 1964 and is known professionally as Teddy Richards.{{sfn|Ritz|2014|p=}} He provided guitar backing for his mother's band during live concerts.<ref>{{Cite news |url = http://www.ndtv.com/article/music/aretha-franklin-gets-engaged-163296 |title = Aretha Franklin gets engaged |publisher = [[NDTV]] |date = January 3, 2012 |access-date = April 18, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120709212128/http://www.ndtv.com/article/music/aretha-franklin-gets-engaged-163296 |archive-date = July 9, 2012 }}</ref> Her youngest son, Kecalf Cunningham, was born in April 1970 and is the child of her road manager Ken Cunningham.<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.itv.com/news/2018-08-16/aretha-franklin-obituary |title = Aretha Franklin Obituary |work = ITV News |date = August 16, 2018 |access-date = August 16, 2018 }}</ref>

Franklin was married twice. Her first husband was [[Ted White (manager)|Ted White]], whom she married in 1961 at the age of 18.<ref>{{cite journal|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=RDkDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA57 |title = Sam Cooke's Brother, Charles, Is Shot In Detroit |journal= Jet |date = January 15, 1970 |page = 57 |via = Google Books }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title = Aretha Franklin |first = Ursula |last = Rivera |publisher = Rosen Publishing Group |page = [https://archive.org/details/arethafranklin0000rive/page/38 38] |year = 2002 |isbn = 978-0-8239-3639-7 |url = https://archive.org/details/arethafranklin0000rive/page/38 }}</ref> She had actually seen White the first time at a party held at her house in 1954.{{Sfn|Ritz|2014|pp=44–45}} After a contentious marriage that was marred by [[domestic abuse]], Franklin separated from White in 1968 and divorced him in 1969.{{sfn|Bego|2010|pp=125–26}} She married actor [[Glynn Turman]], on April 11, 1978, at her father's church. By marrying Turman, Franklin became stepmother of Turman's three children. Franklin and Turman separated in 1982 after she returned to Michigan from California and they divorced in 1984.{{cn|date=December 2024}}

Franklin's sisters, [[Erma Franklin|Erma]] and [[Carolyn Franklin|Carolyn]], were professional musicians and spent years performing background vocals on Franklin's recordings. Following Franklin's divorce from Ted White, her brother Cecil became her manager and maintained that position until his death from lung cancer on December 26, 1989. Her sister Carolyn died in April 1988 from breast cancer and her eldest sister Erma died from throat cancer in September 2002. Franklin's half-brother Vaughn died in late 2002.<ref name="Salvatore" /> Her half-sister, Carol Ellan Kelley (née Jennings; 1940–2019), was C. L. Franklin's daughter by Mildred Jennings, a 12-year-old member of New Salem Baptist Church in Memphis where C. L. was pastor.<ref name="Salvatore">Salvatore, Nick, ''Singing in a Strange Land: C. L. Franklin, the Black Church, and the Transformation of America'', Little Brown, 2005, hardcover {{ISBN|0-316-16037-7}}, pp. 61–62.</ref> Franklin's father and idol, described as "unorthodox on every level," knowingly preyed on his pre-teen congregants.<ref name="David">Ritz David. 2016. Respect : The Life of Aretha Franklin. New York: Little Brown & Company.</ref>

Franklin was performing at the [[Aladdin Hotel]] in [[Las Vegas, Nevada]], on June 10, 1979, when her father, C. L., was shot twice at point-blank range in his Detroit home.{{sfn|''Baltimore Afro-American''|1979}} After six months at [[Henry Ford Hospital]] while still in a coma, C. L. was moved back to his home with 24-hour nursing care. Aretha moved back to Detroit in late 1982 to assist with the care of her father, who died at Detroit's New Light Nursing Home on July 27, 1984.{{sfn|''Jet''|1984}}

[[File:Aretha Franklin US Open 2011.jpg|thumb|Franklin and William Wilkerson at the [[2011 US Open (tennis)|2011 US Open]]]]
Franklin had a long friendship with Willie Wilkerson, a Vietnam War veteran and Detroit firefighter, who also helped in her work and cared for her when ill.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/obituary/9356110/aretha-franklin-willie-wilkerson-death|title=Aretha Franklin's 'Forever Friend' Willie Wilkerson Dies of COVID-19 at 72|magazine=Billboard|first=Gary|last=Graff|author-link=Gary Graff|date=April 10, 2020|access-date=July 2, 2021}}</ref> In 2012 she announced plans to marry Wilkerson<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/02/showbiz/aretha-franklin-engaged/?hpt=hp_c2 |publisher = CNN |title = Soul singer Aretha Franklin is engaged|author=<!--Not stated--> |date = January 2, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://blog.chron.com/celebritybuzz/2012/01/aretha-franklin-to-get-married-this-summer |title = Aretha Franklin to get married this summer &#124; Celebrity Buzz |website = Houston Chronicle |date = January 2, 2012 |access-date = May 13, 2012 |archive-date = June 17, 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120617060410/http://blog.chron.com/celebritybuzz/2012/01/aretha-franklin-to-get-married-this-summer/ |url-status = dead }}</ref> but the engagement was quickly called off.<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/jan/23/aretha-franklin-calls-off-marriage |title = Aretha Franklin calls off marriage |newspaper = The Guardian |agency = Associated Press |date = January 23, 2012 |access-date = August 16, 2018 }}</ref> Franklin's music business friends included [[Dionne Warwick]], [[Mavis Staples]], and [[Cissy Houston]], who began singing with Franklin as members of the [[Sweet Inspirations]]. Houston sang background on Franklin's hit "Ain't No Way". Franklin first met Cissy's young daughter, [[Whitney Houston]], in the early 1970s. She was made Whitney's honorary aunt (not a godmother as has been occasionally reported) and Whitney often referred to her as "Auntie Ree".<ref>{{cite book |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=0kXrAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA101 |title = Great African-American Women in America history Vol I |first = Henry |last = Epps |date = September 4, 2012 |publisher = Lulu.com |via = Google Books |access-date = August 16, 2018 |isbn = 978-1-300-16233-9 }}</ref> Franklin had to cancel plans to perform at Whitney Houston's memorial service on February 18, 2012, due to a leg spasm.<ref>{{cite news |url = http://watch.accesshollywood.com/search/aretha-franklin-talks-turning-70-years-old-shares-update-on-her-health/1531031155001?searchterm=aretha |archive-url = https://archive.today/20130116131613/http://watch.accesshollywood.com/search/aretha-franklin-talks-turning-70-years-old-shares-update-on-her-health/1531031155001?searchterm=aretha |url-status=dead |archive-date = January 16, 2013 |title = Aretha Franklin Talks Turning 70 Years Old, Shares Update on Her Health |website = [[Access Hollywood]] }}</ref> Franklin was a registered [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]].<ref>On an ABC promo aired on July 27, 2010, announcing Franklin and [[Condoleezza Rice]]'s appearing together in concert, there was a segment in which Franklin said, "I am a Democrat".</ref><ref>Resnikoff, Paul (November 25, 2016), [https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2016/11/25/aretha-franklin-longest-national-anthem/ "Aretha Franklin Plays the Longest National Anthem In U.S. History"], ''Digital Music News''.</ref> While her estate had been estimated at $80 million,<ref name="Wang-2018">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/aretha-franklin-will-what-happens-718930/|title=Aretha Franklin's Estate Is Worth $80 Million. What Happens Now?|first=Amy|last=Wang|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=September 5, 2018|access-date=September 5, 2018}}</ref> according to the ''New York Times'', at her death it was valued at $18 million.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Sisario |first1=Ben |last2=Hooper |first2=Ryan Patrick |date=2023-07-11 |title=Four Pages Found in a Couch Are Ruled Aretha Franklin's True Will |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/11/arts/music/aretha-franklin-will-couch.html |access-date=2023-07-12 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

===Health===
Franklin had weight issues for many years. In 1974, she lost {{convert|40|lb}} on a [[very-low-calorie diet]]{{sfn|''Ebony''|1974}} and maintained her new weight until the end of the decade.{{sfn|Bego|2010|pp=162–65}} She again lost weight in the early 1990s, before gaining some back.<ref name="contactnews">{{cite news |url = http://www.contactmusic.com/news/aretha-franklin-reveals-tumour-scare_1282135 |title = Aretha Franklin Reveals Tumour Scare |work = Contact News |author = World Entertainment News Network |date = January 10, 2012 |access-date = May 26, 2013 }}</ref> A former [[chain smoking|chain smoker]] who struggled with alcoholism, she quit smoking in 1992.{{sfn|Bego|2010|p=305}} She admitted in 1994 that her smoking was "messing with my voice",{{sfn|''Ebony''|1995|p=30}} but after quitting smoking she said later, in 2003, that her weight "ballooned".{{sfn|''Jet''|2003|pp=62–63}}<!-- Minor ambiguity. When did she quit and when did she gain/lose and when did she talk about it.-->

In 2010, Franklin canceled a number of concerts to have surgery for an undisclosed tumor.<ref name="contactnews" /> Discussing the surgery in 2011, she quoted her doctor as saying that it would "add 15 to 20 years" to her life. She denied that the ailment had anything to do with [[pancreatic cancer]], as had been reported.<ref>{{cite web |website = Access |date = January 14, 2011 |url = https://www.accessonline.com/articles/aretha-franklin-sets-the-record-straight-on-her-health-i-dont-know-where-pancreatic-cancer-came-from-95435 |title = Aretha Franklin Sets The Record Straight On Her Health: 'I Don't Know Where Pancreatic Cancer Came From' }}</ref> Franklin added, "I don't have to talk about my health with anybody other than my doctors&nbsp;... The problem has been resolved". Following the surgery, Franklin lost 85 lbs.; however, she denied that she had undergone weight-loss surgery.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://people.com/health/aretha-franklin-death-pancreatic-cancer-health-history/|title=Aretha Franklin Has Died of Pancreatic Cancer: A Look at Her Health Over the Last Decade|first=Julie |last=Mazziotta|date=August 16, 2018 |website=People}}</ref> On May 19, 2011, Franklin had her comeback show at the [[Chicago Theatre]].<ref>{{cite news |first = Bob |last = Gendron |url = https://www.chicagotribune.com/2011/05/20/aretha-franklin-in-glorious-form-at-chicago-theatre/ |title = Aretha Franklin sings in Chicago |newspaper = Chicago Tribune |date = May 20, 2011 |access-date = March 20, 2014 }}</ref>

In May 2013, Franklin canceled two performances because of an undisclosed medical treatment.<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-aretha-franklin-cancel-shows-treatment-20130513,0,6343514.story |title = Aretha Franklin cancels 2 shows for undisclosed ailment |work = Los Angeles Times |date = May 13, 2013 |access-date = May 17, 2013 |first = Randy |last = Lewis }}</ref> Further concert cancellations followed in the summer<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2013/05/22/aretha-franklin-taking-june-off-postponing-shows/2350335 |title = Aretha Franklin taking June off, postponing shows |date = May 22, 2013 |access-date = May 23, 2013 |work = USA Today |agency = Associated Press }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.cbsnews.com/news/aretha-franklin-cancels-hometown-show-citing-treatment/ |title = Aretha Franklin cancels hometown show citing treatment |publisher = CBS News |author = CBS/AP |date = July 12, 2013 |access-date = July 12, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.kansascity.com/2013/08/19/4420947/aretha-franklin-not-attending.html |archive-url = https://archive.today/20130822070429/http://www.kansascity.com/2013/08/19/4420947/aretha-franklin-not-attending.html |url-status=dead |archive-date = August 22, 2013 |title = Aretha Franklin not attending baseball luncheon |first = Hillel |last = Italie |work = The Kansas City Star |date = August 19, 2013 |access-date = August 22, 2013 }}</ref> and fall.<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/aretha-franklin-cancels-september-show-sparking-concerns-over-her-health/10709408 |title = Aretha Franklin Cancels September Show, Sparking Concerns Over Her Health |work = ArtistDirect |first = Katie |last = Sheehan |date = August 20, 2013 |access-date = August 22, 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131023001746/http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/aretha-franklin-cancels-september-show-sparking-concerns-over-her-health/10709408 |archive-date = October 23, 2013 |url-status=live |df = mdy-all }}</ref> During a phone interview with the [[Associated Press]] in late August 2013, Franklin stated that she had had a "miraculous" recovery from her undisclosed illness but had to cancel shows and appearances until her health was at 100%, estimating she was about "85% healed".<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2013/08/21/aretha-franklin-says-shes-85-percent-healed/2680287 |title = Aretha Franklin says she's 85% healed |work = USA Today |author=<!--Not stated--> |date = August 21, 2013 |access-date = August 22, 2013 }}</ref> Franklin later returned to live performing, including a 2013 Christmas concert at Detroit's [[MotorCity Casino Hotel]]. She launched a multi-city tour in mid-2014, starting with a performance on June 14 in New York at [[Radio City Music Hall]].<ref>{{cite web |first = Edna |last = Gundersen |website = USA Today |url = https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2014/06/12/aretha-franklin-on-her-music-health-and-slimmer-wardrobe/10359741 |title = Aretha Franklin happily sheds weight, embraces future |date = June 12, 2014 |access-date = August 2, 2014 }}</ref>

In February 2017, Franklin announced in an interview with local Detroit television anchor Evrod Cassimy, that 2017 would be her final year touring.<ref>Leight, Elias (February 9, 2017), [https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/aretha-franklin-announces-retirement-final-album-126417/ "Aretha Franklin Announces Retirement, Final Album"], ''Rolling Stone''.</ref> However, she scheduled some 2018 concert dates before canceling them based on her physician's advice.<ref name=Bort />

===Death and funeral===
On August 13, 2018, Franklin was reported to be gravely ill at her home in [[Riverfront Towers]], Detroit.<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-45172883 |title = Aretha Franklin said to be 'seriously ill' |work = BBC News |date = August 13, 2018 |access-date = August 13, 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/music/2018/08/13/aretha-franklin-gravely-sick/974630002 |title = Aretha Franklin 'gravely ill' in Detroit |last = Huschka |first = Amy |date = August 14, 2018 |work = Detroit Free Press |access-date = August 15, 2018 }}</ref> She was under [[hospice]] care and surrounded by friends and family. [[Stevie Wonder]], [[Jesse Jackson]] and former husband Glynn Turman visited her on her deathbed.<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/stevie-wonder-says-goodbye-to-aretha-franklin-while-shes-in-hospice |title = Stevie Wonder Visits Aretha Franklin As 'Queen of Soul' Rests in Hospice Care |last = Clarendon |first = Dan |date = August 14, 2018 |work =[[Us Weekly]] |access-date = August 15, 2018 }}</ref> Franklin died at her home on August 16, 2018, aged 76.<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.jpost.com/International/Queen-of-Soul-Aretha-Franklin-dies-at-home-in-Detroit-aged-76-565058 |title = 'Queen of Soul' Aretha Franklin dies at home in Detroit aged 76 |agency = [[Reuters]] |date = August 16, 2018 |access-date = August 17, 2018 |newspaper = [[The Jerusalem Post]] }}</ref> She was initially thought to have died without a will.<ref>{{cite web |first=Laura|last= Snapes|title=Aretha Franklin's newly discovered will complicates estate dispute |website=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/mar/12/aretha-franklin-newly-discovered-will-draft-complicates-estate-dispute |date = March 12, 2021 |access-date = October 7, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Wisely |first1=John |title=This is what will happen to Aretha Franklin's estate |url=https://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/music/aretha-franklin/2018/08/22/aretha-franklin-fortune/1001566002/ |website=Detroit Free Press |date=August 22, 2018|access-date=October 14, 2018}}</ref> The cause of death was a malignant [[Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor|pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor (pNET)]],<ref name="UT20180828">{{cite web |author1=Phoebe Wall Howard (Detroit Free Press) |title=Dressed like a 'resplendent' queen, Aretha Franklin rests in gold casket |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2018/08/28/aretha-franklin-dressed-like-queen-she-rests-gold-casket/1124188002/ |work=USA Today |access-date=December 1, 2018 |date=August 28, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://netrf.org/aretha-franklin/|title=A note from the NET Research Foundation on the passing of Aretha Franklin, Queen of Soul|date=August 16, 2018|publisher=Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Foundation|access-date=August 19, 2018}}</ref> which is distinct from the most common form of [[pancreatic cancer]].<ref name="HC20180816">{{cite web |last1=Klein |first1=Sarah |title=Aretha Franklin Died of Advanced Neuroendocrine Pancreatic Cancer. Here's What That Means |url=https://www.health.com/condition/cancer/pancreatic-cancer-neuroendocrine-tumors |website=Health.com |access-date=December 1, 2018 |language=en |date=August 16, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://netrf.org/pancreatic-neuroendocrine-cancer-vs-pancreatic-cancer/|title=Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Cancer vs. Pancreatic Cancer|date=November 7, 2018|work=NET Research Foundation|access-date=November 30, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> Numerous celebrities in the entertainment industry and politicians paid tribute to Franklin, including former U.S. President Barack Obama who said she "helped define the American experience".<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-45215309 |title = Aretha Franklin: Tributes flow in for Queen of Soul |work = BBC News |date = August 16, 2018 |access-date = August 17, 2018 }}</ref> Civil rights activist and minister [[Al Sharpton]] called her a "civil rights and humanitarian icon".<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-45216581 |title = Aretha Franklin: The sound of the civil rights movement |work = BBC News |date = August 16, 2018 |access-date = August 17, 2018 }}</ref>

A memorial service was held at her home church, [[New Bethel Baptist Church (Detroit, Michigan)|New Bethel Baptist Church]], on August 19.<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-45245361 |title = Aretha Franklin: Date set for Detroit funeral |work = BBC News |date = August 20, 2018 |access-date = August 20, 2018 }}</ref> Thousands then paid their respects during the public lying-in-repose at the [[Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/aug/28/aretha-franklin-thousands-expected-to-pay-respects-in-detroit |title=Aretha Franklin: thousands pay respects to 'Queen of Soul' in Detroit |last=Mixon |first=Imani |newspaper=The Guardian|date=August 28, 2018|access-date=September 16, 2018 |language=en}}</ref> The August 31 [[Homegoing|Homegoing Service]] held at [[Greater Grace Temple]] in Detroit, included multiple tributes by celebrities, politicians, friends and family members and was streamed by some news agencies<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-45366171/aretha-franklin-funeral-service|title=Aretha Franklin funeral service|website=BBC News|language=en-GB|date= August 31, 2018|access-date=August 31, 2018}}</ref> such as [[Fox News]], [[CNN]], [[The Word Network]], [[BET]] and [[MSNBC]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/aretha-franklins-funeral-live-streams-watch/|title=Aretha Franklin's Funeral Live Streams: Watch |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |first=Michelle|last= Kim|date=August 31, 2018|language=en|access-date=August 31, 2018}}</ref> Among those who paid tribute to Aretha at the service were [[Ariana Grande]], [[Bill Clinton]], [[Al Sharpton|Rev. Al Sharpton]], [[Louis Farrakhan]], [[Faith Hill]], [[Fantasia Barrino|Fantasia]], [[the Clark Sisters]], [[Ronald Isley]], [[Angie Stone]], [[Chaka Khan]], [[Jennifer Holliday]], [[Loretta Devine]], [[Jennifer Hudson]], [[Queen Latifah]], [[Shirley Caesar]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Shirley Caesar at Aretha Franklin's funeral |url=https://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/shirley-caesar-at-aretha-franklin-s-funeral/image_cd2ba852-ad42-11e8-8a55-9fb4f3168713.html |date=August 31, 2018|access-date=September 1, 2018 |work=[[Gwinnett Daily Post]] |language=en}}</ref> [[Shirma Rouse]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shirma Rouse |url=https://www.gooisjazzfestival.nl/artiesten/shirma-rouse/l57c3 |access-date=March 11, 2022 |website=gooisjazzfestival.nl |language=nl |archive-date=March 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311130442/https://www.gooisjazzfestival.nl/artiesten/shirma-rouse/l57c3 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Stevie Wonder]], [[Eric Holder]], [[Gladys Knight]], [[Cedric the Entertainer]], [[Tyler Perry]], [[Smokey Robinson]], [[Yolanda Adams]], and [[William Barber II|Rev. Dr. William Barber II]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2018/08/31/aretha-franklins-funeral-celebrities-pay-tribute-queen-soul/1146846002/|first=Maria |last=Puente|title=Aretha Franklin's funeral: Ariana Grande, Bill Clinton, Chaka Khan, Jennifer Hudson, Stevie Wonder pay tribute|work=USA Today|date=August 31, 2018|access-date=September 1, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Kennedy |first1=Gerrick D. |title=Aretha Franklin's funeral: Gladys Knight, Stevie Wonder offer stirring final tributes |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-aretha-franklin-funeral-notebook-20180831-story.html |access-date=November 26, 2021 |work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> At Franklin's request she was eulogized by Rev. Jasper Williams Jr. of Salem Baptist Church in Atlanta, as he had eulogized her father as well as speaking at other family memorials.<ref>{{YouTube|id=xS5nUN1S2mU|title=Rev. Jasper Williams under fire for remarks during Aretha Franklin's funeral"}}. YouTube video, September 2, 2018.</ref> Williams's eulogy was criticized for being "a political address that described children being in a home without a father as 'abortion after birth' and said black lives do not matter unless blacks stop killing each other". Franklin's nephew Vaughan complained of Williams: "He spoke for 50 minutes and at no time did he properly eulogize her."<ref>The Associated Press (August 31, 2018), [https://globalnews.ca/news/4422601/aretha-franklin-reverend-jasper-williams-eulogy/ "Reverend accused of bigotry, misogyny after fiery eulogy for Aretha Franklin"], ''Global News''.</ref><ref>Bauder, David (September 3, 2018), [https://globalnews.ca/news/4425304/aretha-franklin-funeral-offensive-eulogy/ "Aretha Franklin funeral: pastor offends family after he didn't 'properly eulogize her'"], ''Global News''.</ref> Following a telecast procession up [[Seven Mile Road]], Franklin was interred at [[Woodlawn Cemetery (Detroit)|Woodlawn Cemetery]] in Detroit.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/music/aretha-franklin/2018/09/13/aretha-franklin-death-tomb/1288836002/ |title=Aretha's tomb is open to the public and fans are paying their respects |first=Marc |last=Daalder|work=Detroit Free Press |date=September 14, 2018|access-date=September 16, 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Entombed">{{cite news|url=http://entertainment.inquirer.net/291321/aretha-franklin-interred-at-detroit-cemetery|agency=Associated Press|title=Aretha Franklin interred at Detroit cemetery|date=September 1, 2018|access-date=September 3, 2018|newspaper=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]]}}</ref>