US soul legend Aretha Franklin, who died on
Thursday aged 76, will be laid to rest in her hometown of Detroit at
the end of the month.
Her funeral, open to family and friends only, will be held in the
Greater Grace Temple on August 31, the singer's spokeswoman told dpa
Friday.
She will then be entombed at the city's Woodlawn Cemetery along with
her father, three siblings and a nephew.
Public viewings will be held at the Charles H Wright Museum of
African American History on August 28 and 29.
Franklin, born in 1942 in Memphis, Tennessee, won 18 Grammys during a
career spanning more than six decades.
The "Queen of Soul," known for classics such as "Respect" and "I Say
a Little Prayer," died of pancreatic cancer.