Aretha Franklin: Soul singer endured tumultuous childhood to

Two children by 14, an abusive husband/manager and a philandering father: Is it any wonder her voice and words spoke to the world?
'Queen of Soul' Aretha Franklin has died at the age of 76 from pancreatic cancer.
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