Twitter tributes to Aunt Ree, Aretha Franklin

Tributes from all over. Right, left, black, white, famous, poor. This was a transcendent woman in American culture. Probably THE pre-eminent singer of her generations in history going forward. Influence, songwriting, that voice, oh that voice you knew who it was on the first note.

State governments keep track of a lot of things, taxes, road repairs, lobbying, schools, police and crime stats, state birds, state slogans et al. Somewhere in the Michigan state government, codified, voted on and passed then signed, Aretha Franklin’s voice is listed as an official state natural resource.

FACT!

There are TWO streets named for her in Detroit.

This broke my heart.

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