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Aretha Louise Franklin was born on the 25th of March 1942 at her family's home located at 406 Lucy Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee. Her father Clarence LaVaughn Franklin served as a Baptist minister originally from Shelby, Mississippi.
Aretha Franklin died at her home on the 16th of August 2018 aged seventy-six after suffering from a malignant pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor. The cause of death was distinct from the most common form of pancreatic cancer.
Her song Respect became her signature song after being modified with a supercharged interlude featuring the emphatic spelling-out of the title. The frenetic version was released in April 1967 and reached number one on both the R&B and pop charts.
In 1968, Aretha Franklin earned the first two of her Grammys including the debut category for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. She received multiple other awards throughout her life but the text specifies these initial wins occurred in that year.
Aretha Franklin gave her last full concert at the Ravinia Festival on the 3rd of September 2017. Her final public performance occurred at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City during Elton John's twenty-fifth anniversary gala on the 7th of November 2017.