{"id":6079,"date":"2018-08-28T07:59:47","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T14:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oohsoul.com\/?p=6079"},"modified":"2018-08-28T08:03:39","modified_gmt":"2018-08-28T15:03:39","slug":"aretha-franklin-open-casket-public-viewing-at-detroit-museum-fathers-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oohsoul.com\/?p=6079","title":{"rendered":"Aretha Franklin Open-Casket Public Viewing at Detroit Museum &#038; Father\u2019s Church"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fans will be able to pay their respects to Aretha Franklin during a public viewing at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, ET confirms. The Queen of Soul will lie in state from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Aug. 28 and 29.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: 'Interstate Light','Interstate Regular',sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;\">Franklin\u2019s funeral, which will be held at 10 a.m. on Aug. 31 at Detroit\u2019s Greater Grace Temple, will be limited to just family and friends. She will then be entombed at Woodlawn Cemetery in Detroit, alongside her father, Rev. C.L. Franklin; brother Cecil Franklin; sisters Carolyn Franklin and Erma Franklin; and nephew, Thomas<\/span> Garrett.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: 'Interstate Light','Interstate Regular',sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;\">Franklin\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/aretha-franklin-queen-soul-dies-obit-93102\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">died<\/a><span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: 'Interstate Light','Interstate Regular',sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;\">\u00a0at the age of 76 on Thursday, surrounded by loved ones at her home in Detroit, Michigan. The legendary singer\u2019s oncologist, Dr. Philip Phillips of Karmanos Cancer Institu<\/span>te,\u00a0<span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: 'Interstate Light','Interstate Regular',sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;\">said that her official cause of death was due to advanced pancreatic cancer of the neuroendocrine type.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6081 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/oohsoul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/aretha-franklin-funeral-lines-300x234.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oohsoul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/aretha-franklin-funeral-lines-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oohsoul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/aretha-franklin-funeral-lines-200x156.jpg 200w, https:\/\/oohsoul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/aretha-franklin-funeral-lines.jpg 728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fans will be able to pay their respects to Aretha Franklin during a public viewing at the Charles H. 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