Aretha Franklin Passes away at age 76

Aretha helped define the American experience. In her voice, we could feel our history, all of it and in every shade—our power and our pain, our darkness and our light, our quest for redemption and our hard-won respect. May the Queen of Soul rest in eternal peace. pic.twitter.com/bfASqKlLc5

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) August 16, 2018

Watching Aretha Franklin perform at the White House, and on so many other occasions, made time stand still. @BarackObama and I are holding Aretha’s family in our hearts right now. She will forever be our Queen of Soul. pic.twitter.com/NhHsbKijpl

— Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) August 16, 2018

President George W. Bush presented #ArethaFranklin with the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the White House in 2005. https://t.co/Lfz9EWix8f #QueenOfSoul pic.twitter.com/8wD9yUnSCx

— US National Archives (@USNatArchives) August 16, 2018

We remember Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul. In this poster in our @NPG, legendary graphic designer Milton Glaser conveys the creative energy of Franklin’s performances: https://t.co/FCEhdLphdx pic.twitter.com/vaFup468Id

— Smithsonian (@smithsonian) August 16, 2018

“She [carried on] the traditions of African and African-American music, bringing the sacred and secular together. . . and [transcended] everything from historical movements to base emotions.”—Curator of Music, @DwanReece #APeoplesJourney https://t.co/m0ZT94ugoM

— Smithsonian NMAAHC (@NMAAHC) August 16, 2018

We’re saddened by the loss of Aretha Franklin. Asteroid 249516 Aretha, found by our NEOWISE mission and named after the singer to commemorate the #QueenOfSoul, will keep orbiting beyond Mars. See more details: https://t.co/NlW4vkmKDq pic.twitter.com/yZ0E5ofSQT

— NASA (@NASA) August 16, 2018

Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin succumbed to a battle with pancreatic cancer on Thursday, August 16. She was 76-years-old. #NOTEDbyBET pic.twitter.com/vQHj0E2JSW

— #BETMusic (@BETMusic) August 17, 2018

This Is Aretha Franklin https://t.co/wH0njeU6Xq #NowPlaying

— AlbertoKang© (@albertokang1776) August 17, 2018

My #DiscoverWeekly a week later