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Family, fans rally around Aretha Franklin

The good Lord wanted that voice in heaven, and He just didn't want to wait anymore.
 
This breaks my heart. What an amazing voice, an amazing lady, respect for everyone that was influenced by her and loved her songs (like me!) RIP and condolences to family and friends.
 
Pancreatic cancer! That's what got Kirsten Lindquist too (former CNN Newsbabe). Its very fast from diagnosis to death. Some people have survived pancreatic cancer though.
 
Silkie said:
The good Lord wanted that voice in heaven, and He just didn't want to wait anymore.
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Plus we knew George Michael was waiting.

The automated oldies station where I live did one thing and it might not have even been related. There was one station ID with "Magic Carpet Ride" and "Freeway of Love" as examples of where they would take us.
 
I wasn't sure if America's Best Music would acknowledge her since I'm not aware of any songs they play of hers. But the recorded female voice just had some nice things to say about her and what she accomplished, and clips from "Respect", "Think" and "A Natural Woman" and maybe others were played. That last one might be in their playlist, but I was thinking they did a different version.
 
I heard a version of "I Say a Little Prayer" (on America's Best Music) I never heard anywhere before but it sounded like it could be her, followed by that female voice talking about how great Aretha was, and those clips.
 
ABC postponed the episode of "The Gong Show" that should have aired Thursday. My listings didn't show a change so I ended up recording a special on the life of Aretha Franklin. I didn't watch. I can read all about her elsewhere.
 
https://news.****************/cgi-bin/rol.exe/headline_id=n35836

Update Aretha Franklin will have her funeral broadcaster on SiriusXM on August 31st.

SiriusXM has announced that "Soul Town," channel 49, the home to "The Aretha Franklin Tribute Channel," will broadcast the Queen of Soul's funeral in its entirety, live on Friday, August 31 at 10am ET. The service will feature performances by many of the biggest stars in music, including Stevie Wonder, Ariana Grande, Faith Hill, Ronald Isley, Chaka Khan, Fantasia, Jennifer Hudson, Yolanda Adams, Shirley Caesar, the Clark Sisters, Jennifer Holliday.
Additional performers include Tasha Cobbs-Leonard, Marvin Sapp, the Williams Brothers, Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Audrey DuBois Harris, Alice McAllister Tillman, Edward Franklin, Aretha Franklin Orchestra and the Aretha Franklin Celebration Choir.
After the service, The Aretha Franklin Tribute Channel will take calls from listeners across the country who want to pay their final respects and share stories and memories of Aretha Franklin until 6pm ET.
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BET and BET HER carried Aretha Franklin's service live and commercial free. It started at 11AM Eastern went until 6:56PM Eastern. At 6:56PM the movie "Beauty Shop" began 4 mins early. When I went for my walk at 5:40PM and they were discussing the funeral on hip-hop station HOT 93.7 They were saying at that point the funeral was around three hours behind schedule. Both BET Networks had the service scheduled until 2PM with the main BET station having "The Fresh Prince" scheduled until 4:33 and the movie "White Chicks" scheduled until 7.
 
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