More Than Respect

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More than ‘respect’: Bill introduced to give Aretha Congressional accolades

Lawmakers are moving to give the Queen of Soul a posthumous honor to add to the long list


By Ny MaGee -
August 21, 2018




On Tuesday, a group of lawmakers introduced legislation to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to Aretha Franklin for her contribution to arts and culture.

The Congressional Gold Medal and the Presidential Medal of Freedom are the highest civilian honors in the U.S. government, RollCall.com noted.space“> The last entertainer to be honored was Frank Sinatra in 1997.

Franklin, who died August 16 at age 76 after a battle with pancreatic cancer, is no stranger to such high regard for her work. In 1994 she was given a Kennedy Center Honor; has received NAACP Image, Hall of Fame and Vanguard Awards; and 18 Grammy awards, plus 26 nominations.

Full article: https://thegrio.com/2018/08/21/aretha-franklin-congressional-gold-medal/

All hail the Queen!

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1. The Queen.

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2. Hail to the Queen

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3. This is great!

They're going to have the best jam session, ever!

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4. Sure will.

Way up high in the sky.

Great pic, sista!

Hey~

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5. "You Got Something Going On." Mystery Guest, "What's My Line?"

I thought you'd enjoy this gem as much as I do, spicysista! Starts about 12:18.

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6. Thank you, Blue!

"It's gotta be an opera singer....., right." The crowd goes wild!

Host: What do you think talent is?
Ms. Aretha Franklin: You've got something going on.

Host: She looks at you and she really looks at you.

Thank you, so much! This really made me smile. I hope you post this in the lounge.

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7. LOL! one of my favorites but...

I've willed myself from going to the lounge because I just stay there for freakin' hours

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8. Ha! It took 45 years but Ms. Franklin did sing opera

as a last minute replacement for Pavarotti. Amazing, amazing artist

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9. Yes! A thousand times, yes!

Thank you! I'm keeping and sharing!