Huge sprays of flowers surround the gold casket of “Queen of Soul” Aretha Franklin on Tuesday at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, where thousands of fans and mourners waited in line for hours for two days of public viewing before her funeral on Friday.
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Thousands pay final respects to Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin’s body lay in repose on Tuesday while her soaring voice poured from loudspeakers outside a Detroit museum, stirring fans to sway and sing along and others to weep as they lined up for a last glimpse of the “Queen of Soul.”
