The queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin took rest from the world at the age of 76. The gospel-rooted singer left the world at 9:50 a.m. at her home in Detroit.
During her final moments, Aretha Franklin’s family and friends surrounded her as per statement provided by her longtime publicist, Gwendolyn Quinn, on behalf of her family.
The statement from the family read;
“The official cause of death was due to advanced pancreatic cancer of the neuroendocrine type.” Franklin’s oncologist, Dr. Philip Phillips confirmed it.
After the news of her death broke out, floods of tribute and tears started flooding. And among the well-wishers, some of them include prominent faces like Ariana Grande, Barack Obama, and Trump.
Former president of U.S. paid his tribute to Aretha Franklin through a message on his Twitter account.
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. May the Queen of Soul rest in eternal peace. pic.twitter.com/bfASqKlLc5
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) August 16, 2018
On the other hand, the current president of the United States, Donald Trump also paid tribute to the singer through his Twitter account.
The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, is dead. She was a great woman, with a wonderful gift from God, her voice. She will be missed!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 16, 2018
American singer-songwriter, Ariana Grande gave a powerful performance during The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, dedicating to late Aretha Franklin.
Following Franklin’s death, Grande performed her iconic “Natural Woman” with shedding few tears while singing. Besides, Grande described the moment when she met Aretha Franklin for the first time.
She revealed,
“I met her a few times. We sang at the White House and she was so sweet, she was so cute. It’s an honor to have met her.” In addition to that, Grande also shared a post of herself with late Aretha Franklin.
Aretha Franklin Wiki-Bio
American singer, songwriter as well as pianist, Aretha Louise Franklin (March 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018) started singing since her childhood days. She was born in at 406 Lucy Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee.
She is the daughter of her parents, Barbara (mother) and Clarence LaVaughn “C. L.” Franklin (father), a Baptist minister and circuit preacher. From outside their marriage, both of her parents had children- three in total. Franklin’s two sisters- Erma and Carolyn are professional musicians.
Other than that, Franklin is a mother to four sons- Teddy Richards, Kecalf Cunningham, Clarence, and Edward Franklin. She first married Ted White (1961–1969)with whom she shares a son Teddy.
She married for the second time with Glynn Turman (1978–1984). Her second ex-husband had three children from his previous relationship.
Reportedly, Franklin suffered from a serious illness on August 13, 2018. Pancreatic cancer as the cause of her death, Aretha Franklin died on August 16, 2018, at her home.
Aretha Franklin Net Worth
Late Aretha Franklin won a total of 18 Grammy Awards, becoming the first woman to land 100 hits on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. However, the singer passed away with $60 million (£47 million) to her name.
In 2018, Aretha Franklin’s net worth was estimated to be around $80 million as per the celebritynetworth.com. But no one knows where the assets will go.
A shareholder at Hertz Schram law firm named, Kenneth Silver postulates that Franklin left numerous assets behind before leaving the world. Silver told,
“I would expect that she has a house, probably a financial account of some kinda brokerage account, stocks, bond, cash.”
“She probably has investments of a wide variety — perhaps in real estate ventures, other businesses that she may own or have an interest in.”
He continued,
“[She may have] copyrights to her songs, perhaps publishing rights to her material, perhaps the material of other artists. And I’m sure she has probably a pretty valuable collection of personal property, things like Grammys, gold records, memorabilia from Motown years and onward.”
