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>>> THIS
>>> THIS WEEK THE WORLD HAD BEEN ON NOTICE THAT THESE PAST
FEW DAYS WOULD BE THE FINAL FOR
ARETHA FRANKLIN.
ARETHA FRANKLIN. >> NEVER THE LESS WHEN WORD
CAME THIS MORNING THAT SHE HAD
PASSED IT STILL HURT.
ARETHA FRANKLIN DID NOT JUST
SHARE WITH US HER SONGS SHE
GAVE A LOT OF US HER SOUL.
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>> Reporter: ARETHA FRANKLIN, BORN IN MEMPHIS BUT RAISED IN
DETROIT.
DETROIT.
DETROIT. FOUND HER GIFT EARLY, SINGING
GOSPEL IN HER FATHER'S CHURCH.
IT WOULD NOT BE LONG FOR THAT
VOICE TO BE LIFTED FROM BEHIND
PULPIT.
PULPIT.
PULPIT. >> Reporter: EARNING HER EVERY
HONOR MUSIC CAN GRANTS.
GRAMMYS, PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF
FREEDOM, HOLLYWOOD STAR, FIRST
WOMAN INDUCTED IN THE MUSIC
HALL OF FAME.
THE WORLD MOURNS TONIGHT NOT
JUST A VOICE REWARDED OVER AND
OVER AGAIN BUT A SOUL NOT
REWARDED ENOUGH.
REWARDED ENOUGH. >> SHE WAS LIVING HER PURPOSE.
SHE WAS LIVING HER PURPOSE.
WHAT SHE DID FOR EVERYBODY HERE
ON EARTH, WHAT SHE DID FOR
MUSIC, ALL OF THAT IT WAS A
GIFT AND IT WAS A GOD GIVEN
GIFT.
GIFT.
GIFT. >>
GIFT. >> Reporter: GLAM LIFE KIM HAD
THE MIC.
THE MIC.
THE MIC. THE HONOR OF TAKING YOUR CALLS
SO YOU CAN PAY YOUR RESPECTS
AND THEN REQUEST A PLAY.
>> RIGHT NOW I HAVE ARETHA
FRANKLIN "NATURAL WOMAN".
>> EVERY HOUR, OFTEN FOR HALF-
HOURS AT A TIME FOR DAYS TO
COME.
COME.
COME. >>
COME. >> YOU KNOW, IT IS A SAD DAY.
WE ARE DEFINITELY GOING TO
HONOR HER MEMORY.
WE WILL PLAY HER MUSIC UNTIL
HER FUNERAL AND AFTER.
WE KNOW THE MUSIC, WE KNOW THE
PERFORMANCES, THE INAUGURATION
OF BARACK OBAMA WHERE A NATION
STOOD STILL HOLDING ITS BREATH.
A BETTER WRITER THAN I SAID OF
THAT MOMENT, QUOTE, HER VOICE
SORING ABOVE THE CROWD THAT DAY
REMINDING US OF WHO WE WERE,
WHO WE ARE CAPABLE OF COMING.
SHE CLAIMED THIS NATION FOR
THOSE OF US THAT EXPERIENCED
ITS UNDER SIDE, NATIVE
AMERICANS, BLACK AMERICANS,
LATINOS, WORKERS OF ALL RACES
AND THE POOR.
THAT IS THE NATION OF WHICH SHE
SANG.
SANG.
SANG. END
SANG. END QUOTE.
END QUOTE. >> Reporter: OR THIS MOMENT IN
2015.
2015.
2015. WHEN ARETHA SANG SO BEAUTIFULLY
THE LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD
SHED A TEAR.
>> Reporter: BUT IF A SONG CAN
TRULY LIFT, CHANGE, ARREST A
SOUL IT WAS HER VERSION OF
"AMAZING GRACE".
"AMAZING GRACE". ♪ AMAZING ...
>> Reporter: NO MATTER OUR
INDIVIDUAL HOUSES OF WORSHIP
TOOK US TO ONE CHURCH.
REST IN POWER, ARETHA, REST IN
POWER.
POWER.
POWER. [SINGING]
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[SINGING] >> ONE EVER THOSE PEOPLE NO
MATTER HOW MUCH YOU READ TODAY
THERE WAS STILL MORE TO READ
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTIONS SHE
PLAYED IN HER LIFE.
I ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, YOU HAD
SOME MEMORIES THIS MORNING,
TEXTING FAVORITE SONGS, WHAT DO
YOU REMEMBER?
YOU REMEMBER? >> WELL, I WILL SAY THIS, HER
VOICE IS ONE THAT CHANGED SO
MUCH.
MUCH.
MUCH. HER
MUCH. HER VOICE BROKE DOWN BARRIERS.
MY MOM WOULD TALK ABOUT ARETHA
FRANKLIN WHEN THEY WERE GROWING
UP DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENTS BACK IN
THE '60s, BLACK FOLKS WOULD BE
RUNNING THROUGH THE STREETS
DURING THE RIOT SHOUTING BACK
AT THE POLICE "SOCK IT TO ME"
WE KNOW IT IS FROM HER SONG
"RESPECT" I WAS SHARING WITH
YOU I WAS AT BLACK JOURNALISM
CONFERENCE, HER FAMILY THERE
WAS AND HER SISTER-IN-LAW.
THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS
MOVIE THAT IS COMING OUT
HONORING HER.
HONORING HER. AT THAT MOMENT I FELT LIKE WHY
ARE THEY SPEAKING AS IF SHE IS
GONE?
GONE?
GONE? I
GONE? I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY
ALREADY KNEW THEN.
BUT, WE WILL REMEMBER HER.
AND WE WILL SMILE WHEN WE
LISTEN TO HER MUSIC BECAUSE SHE
LEAVES BEHIND A GREAT LEGACY.
HER STORY WAS BEAUTIFUL.
>> WHAT A LIFE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I
LEARNED ABOUT THE CIVIL RIGHTS
MOVEMENT TODAY SHE QUIETLY
FINANCED A LOT OF IT.
>> IN THE '60s.
>> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. >> SHE WOULD DO SHOWS AND
TRAVEL WITH DR. KING AND GET
THE BILLS PAID SO THEY CAN KEEP
GOING.
GOING.
GOING. >>
GOING. >> YEAH.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. >> NEVER TALKED ABOUT IT.
>> REMINDS US OF SOMEONE ELSE
WHO ELSE AROUND HERE.
>> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. GRAHAM.
GRAHAM.
GRAHAM. >> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU
THOUGHT, YOUR TRIBUTES TO THE
QUEEN OF SOUL.