Farewell, Poet of Soul: Aretha Franklin, music’s ‘Queen of Soul,’ dies at 76 - The Washington Post

She was one of the most celebrated and influential singers in the history of American vernacular song, a defining interpreter through song of black pride and women’s liberation.
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