Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin dies aged 76August 16, 2018 - 18:10 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin has died at 76, Sky News says. Her representative, Gwendolyn Quinn, said she died on Thursday, August 16. The cause was advanced pancreatic cancer. One of the world's best known soul singers, her she is understood to have passed away at her home in Detroit, Michigan. She had cancelled recent shows due to ill health, and was later reported to be seriously ill. Franklin announced her partial retirement last year, saying she would release one last album and perform at "some select things." Her most recent performance was in November last year at Sir Elton John's Aids Foundation's 25th anniversary gala in New York. Stevie Wonder and Reverend Jesse Jackson were among the stars to visit Franklin over recent days. Numerous other artists - including Beyonce, Jay-Z and Mariah Carey - had also sent their best wishes. Rising to fame in the 1960s, perhaps her best known song is the cover of Otis Redding's classic hit Respect, reaching number one in the US and the top ten in the UK. She received her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1979, and was the first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. Named the best singer of all time by Rolling Stone in 2013, she received 18 Grammy awards over the course of her career. Related links: Top stories Paris Center Pompidou Musée National d’Art Moderne will host the screening of Sergei Parajanov’s "Triptych" on December 15. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. |