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Aretha Franklin's body arrived for viewing in gold-plated casket

Younger Aretha Franklin

The body of the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin on Tuesday arrived at the Detroit's Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History for viewing and final goodbyes. The body was delivered in a white Cadillac hearse to the African-American museum in her home town and was set to remain there for two days (Tuesday and Wednesday).

The 76-year-old Soul music legend died of pancreatic cancer on August 16.

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