Hundreds of fans lined up to pay their respects to
US soul legend Aretha Franklin at the start of a two-day public
viewing in Detroit on Tuesday, broadcaster NBC News reported.
Franklin's body was brought to the Charles H Wright Museum of African
American History in a white 1940 Cadillac Lasalle hearse, according
to the Detroit Free Press.
Her funeral, open to family and friends only, will be held in the
Greater Grace Temple on August 31.
She will then be entombed at the city's Woodlawn Cemetery along with
her father, three siblings and a nephew.
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.