More Than Respect
More than ‘respect’: Bill introduced to give Aretha Congressional accoladesLawmakers 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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They're going to have the best jam session, ever!
"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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I've willed myself from going to the lounge because I just stay there for freakin' hours
Thank you! I'm keeping and sharing! 
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