NORFOLK, Va. – After losing the Queen of Soul last week, one local funeral home will curate a collection of kind words about how the singer touched the lives of Hampton Roads residents. E. Vaughn Wray ...

DETROIT -- Bill Clinton memorialized Aretha Franklin as a woman with "breathtaking talent" who kept on charming audiences despite her illness. Clinton described himself as an "Aretha groupie" and said ...

Smokey Robinson could not have had more love to give during Aretha Franklin’s Detroit funeral on Friday. The Motown legend took to the podium at Grace Temple in their shared hometown of Detroit to pay ...

Throughout Aretha Franklin's life, her faith was a central part of her identity, influencing and guiding her journey to stardom. On Friday, her spiritual grounding in the black church will be on ...

DETROIT -- Aretha Franklin was was honored in Detroit by thousands of people who came out to pay their final respects to the Queen of Soul and homage to her golden voice, huge heart and long career.

DETROIT (AP) — A fiery, old-school eulogist at the funeral of Aretha Franklin fell flat for many in the crowd and prompted a social media uproar when he declared “black America has lost its soul,” ...