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Family, friends and the many admirers of Aretha Franklin packed Detroit’s Greater Grace Temple on Friday to celebrate the life, legacy and music of the “Queen of Soul.”
It was a service fit for the Queen, who died earlier this month at the age of 76 after a battle with pancreatic cancer.
The funeral was full of mourning and laughter, of rousing gospel music and soulful hymns befitting of the first woman to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, who won 18 Grammys and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, among many other honors.
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Aretha Franklin lies in her casket Tuesday at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, which is in Detroit.
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Pallbearers carry Franklin's casket out of Greater Grace Temple at the end of her funeral service on Friday. Mourners made their way through the center of the church as Jennifer Holliday and the Aretha Franklin Celebration Choir performed Franklin's hit "Climbing Higher Mountains."
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Stevie Wonder performs at Franklin's funeral on Friday. He began by playing the harmonica before singing, "I'll Be Loving You Always."
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Jennifer Hudson sings "Amazing Grace" at Franklin's funeral on Friday.
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Former US President Bill Clinton praised the values and virtues Franklin lived by and said, "She cared about broken people." He then put his phone to the microphone and played Franklin's 1968 hit "Think," which features Franklin singing about freedom.
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Singer Chaka Khan performs at Franklin's funeral on Friday. She sang "I'm Going Up Yonder," which was originally sung by Tramaine Hawkins in 1994.
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Jordan Franklin, Franklin's grandson, pauses alongside his sister Victorie while speaking at the funeral on Friday.
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Ariana Grande performs Franklin's hit "Natural Woman" during Franklin's funeral service on Friday.
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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attends Franklin's funeral on Friday.
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Former President Bill Clinton talks with the Rev. Jesse Jackson on Friday.
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Faith Hill was the first celebrity performer to sing during Franklin's funeral on Friday. Hill performed "What a Friend We Have in Jesus."
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From left, Louis Farrakhan, the Rev. Al Sharpton and the Rev. Jesse Jackson attend Franklin's funeral.
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Dozens of pink Cadillac owners lined up outside the Greater Grace Temple for Franklin's funeral on Friday. They were honoring Franklin's 1985 hit single "Freeway of Love" -- specifically the verse "We goin' ridin' on the freeway of love in my pink Cadillac."
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Franklin's body is driven away from the New Bethel Baptist Church after a final public viewing in Detroit on Thursday. The church was once led by her father, the Rev. C.L. Franklin.
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Jesse Jackson greets Aretha Franklin fans outside the New Bethel Baptist Church.
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Fans gather outside the New Bethel Baptist Church for a chance to say farewell on Thursday.
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Fans take pictures outside New Bethel Baptist Church.
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Well-wishers left handwritten notes on boards outside the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History.
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Vincent Street wipes down Franklin's casket on Wednesday.
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Fans line up to view Franklin's body on Wednesday.
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A fan takes a photograph while waiting to view Franklin's body.
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Hundreds of members of Delta Sigma Theta pay their respects to Franklin on Tuesday. Franklin was made an honorary member of the sorority in 1992.