Aretha Franklin, 'Queen of Soul,' has died at 76
Aretha Franklin, the “Queen of Soul” whose unmistakable, booming voice helped define a music genre and provided an inspirational soundtrack for Civil Rights-era struggles, has died after a battle with pancreatic cancer.
She was 76.
The singer influenced generation after generation over six decades of iconic music, which came full circle with her enduring talent, activism and patriotism on full display in 2009 when she once again inspired a nation, performing "My Country, 'Tis Of Thee" at President Obama's first inauguration.
MSNBC played her singing it.
The song is typical American patriotic hogwash.
Nothing could have been further from the minds of the Calvinist theocrats of New England than liberty, apart from their own liberty to build their own isolated society totally dominated by their horrifically oppressive orthodox Christianity.
These were the witch-burning banishers of "heretics" who didn't agree with every jot and tittle of their dogma, remember?
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