OFFICIAL STATEMENT ON THE PASSING OF THE QUEEN OF SOUL, ARETHA FRANKLIN
Statement on the Passing of Aretha Franklin It is with deep and profound sadness that we announce the passing of Aretha Louise Franklin, the Queen of Soul, in a statement issued by Franklin’s family through her longtime publicist, Gwendolyn Quinn. Franklin, 76 years old, passed away on Thursday morning, August 16 at 9:50 a.m. at her home in Detroit, MI, surrounded by family and loved ones. Franklin’s official cause of death was due to advance pancreatic cancer of the neuroendocrine type, which was confirmed by Franklin’s Oncologist, Dr. Philip Phillips of Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit, MI. “In one of the darkest moments of our lives, we are not able to find the appropriate words to express the pain in our heart . We have lost the matriarch and rock of our family. The love she had for her children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and cousins knew no bounds.” “We have been deeply touched by the incredible outpouring of ...