
Aretha Franklin, by Hank Parker, via cbsnews

Absolutely heartbreaking. The world has lost one of it’s last shinning lights.
Rest in Power, Aretha Louise Franklin.

Aretha Franklin has died, at the age of 76. “Her voice was a pure, painful, and unforgettable expression of American history and American feeling, the collective experience of black Americans and her own life,” David Remnick writes. Photograph by Richard Avedon / © the Richard Avedon Foundation.