Editing Aretha Franklin (section)

===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>