NEW YORK -- Aretha Franklin, 69, was supposed to be at Whitney Houston's funeral. She was planning to sing. But, if you watched the service, you may have noticed that she wasn't there. Dionne Warwick ...
DETROIT — Praised by presidents and pop stars, eulogized by a dozen preachers and feted with a fleet of pink Cadillacs, Aretha Franklin was celebrated Friday as a musical titan, an empowering feminist ...