Aretha Franklin: Queen for life and in death

Music’s greatest royal demanded ‘Respect’ — and earned it.

Jeremy Helligar

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Aretha Franklin before a 2015 performance at the White House (Photo: Pete Souza)

The first two months of 1992 will go down in my personal history as a time of legends. I was several months into my first professional gig out of school, covering music as a reporter for People magazine. That January 21, my editor sent me to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony…

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Jeremy Helligar

Brother Son Husband Friend Loner Minimalist World Traveler. Author of “Is It True What They Say About Black Men?” and “Storms in Africa” https://rb.gy/3mthoj