NOW.
RIGHT NOW AT 5, REMEMBERING
THE QUEEN OF SOUL. HER IMPACT
ON MUSIC AND A NATION.
TO SEE SOMEONE SO SPECIAL AND
AS POWERFUL AS SHE WAS, THE
WORLD FILLS THIS.
TONIGHT, REMEMBERING THE
ICONIC ARETHA FRANKLIN WHO DIED
THIS MORNING A PANCREATIC
CANCER.
ALTHOUGH HER VOICE IS SILENT
HER REMARKABLE SOUND IS ALL
OVER THE AIRWAYS TODAY.
WE HAVE A LOOK AT HER LEGENDARY
CAREER.
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REPORTER: SHE SAYING AND
LIVED WITH SOUL AND STYLE.
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REPORTER: THE DAUGHTER OF A
BAPTIST PREACHER SHE GOT HER
START IN THE CHURCH CHOIR, SHE
BECAME A SINGLE MOTHER AND HER
TEAMS, BUT NEVER STOP PURSUING
HER DREAMS.
BY THE 1960S SHE WAS KNOWN AS
THE QUEEN OF SOUL. HER BIGGEST
HIT, RESPECTS, BECAME AN ANTHEM
OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS AND WOMEN'S
MOVEMENT.
SHE WON TWO GRAMMYS FOR THE
SALT AND AN HONORARY REWARD FOR
MARTIN LUTHER KING.
A STRING OF HITS FOLLOWED IN
THE 60s AND 70s.
FRANKLIN RECORDED MORE THAN 40
TOP 40 SINGLES.
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REPORTER: SHE COLLECTED 18
GRAMMY AWARDS FOR HER SIGNATURE
MIX OF THE GOSPEL, BLUES, ROCK,
AND POP.
HOPEFULLY I TOUCH SOMEONE IN
A POSITIVE WAY.
REPORTER: IN 1987 SHE BECAME
THE FIRST FEMALE ARTIST
INDUCTED INTO THE ROCK 'N ROLL
HALL OF FAME, BUT FAITH A LOT
OF HARD A, HER FATHER WAS SHOT
DURING A ROBBERY AND LATER DIED.
TWO MARRIAGES ENDING IN
DIVORCE, BUT SHE RAISED FOUR
SONS AND REMAINED AN EXUBERANT
PRESENCE ON STAGE.
IN LATER YEARS THE HONORS
ROLLED IN, THE PRESIDENTIAL
MEDAL OF FREEDOM AND A FUTURE
ROLE AT PRESIDENT OBAMA'S
INAUGURATION.
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REPORTER: SHE STOLE THE
SPOTLIGHT AT THE 2014 PREMIER
FOR THE MOVIE SELMA.
IN 2017 SHE APPEARED FRAIL,
THINKING FOR ELTON JOHN'S AIDS
FOUNDATION.
AT THAT POINT SHE HAD ALREADY
ANNOUNCED IT WILL BE HER FINAL
YEAR PERFORMING IN CONCERT.
AS WORD SPREAD THAT SHE WAS
GRAVELY ILL, HER FRIENDS AND
FANS CALLED TO SAY A LITTLE
PRAYER FOR THE QUEEN OF SOUL.
TO MUSICIANS AND EVERYDAY PEOPLE
ARETHA FRANKLIN IS BEING
REMEMBERED TONIGHT FOR HER
GIFT.
HERE IS WHAT DONALD TRUMP
HAD TO SAY.
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I WANT TO BEGIN BY
EXPRESSING MY CONDOLENCES TO
THE FAMILY OF A PERSON I KNOW
WELL. SHE WORKED FOR ME AND SHE
WAS TERRIFIC, ARETHA FRANKLIN.
SHE HAS BROUGHT ENJOY TO
MILLIONS OF LIVES AND HER
EXTRAORDINARY LEGACY WILL
INSPIRE MANY GENERATIONS TO COME
. SHE WAS GIVEN A GREAT GIFT,
HER VOICE.
SHE USED IT WELL.
THE PRESIDENT ALSO TWEETED
ABOUT THE LOSS AND SAID HIS
WARMEST WISHES TO HER FAMILY.
FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK
OBAMA TWEETED ARETHA HELP TO
DEFINE THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE.
IN HER VOICE WE CAN FILL OUR
HISTORY, ALL OF IT, AND IN
EVERY SHADE.
OUR POWER AND PAIN, DARKNESS
AND LIGHT, QUEST FOR
REDEMPTION, AND HARD-EARNED
RESPECT, MAY SHE REST IN
ETERNAL PEACE.
CELEBRITIES HAVE BEEN
FLOODING SOCIAL MEDIA WITH
CONDOLENCES AND TRIBUTES.
BARBARA STREISAND, PAUL
McCARTNEY, ELTON JOHN, AND MORE
TOOK TO TWITTER TO EXPRESS
THEIR SYMPATHIES AND SHARE
THEIR MEMORIES OF FRANKLIN.
BARBRA STREISAND THINK IT IS
DIFFICULT TO CONCEIVE OF A
WORLD WITHOUT HER.
PAUL McCARTNEY WRITING THE
MEMORY OF HER GREATNESS AS A
MUSICIAN AND FINE HUMAN BEING
WILL THE BALL WITH US WHEREVER.
ALL DAY LONG FANS PAYING
TRIBUTE TO HER START ON THE
HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME.
AT THE APOLLO THEATER IN NEW