Home Top Stories ‘The Queen of Soul’ Aretha Franklin dies at the age of 76 ‘The Queen of Soul’ Aretha Franklin dies at the age of 76 08/17/2018 543 She was an 18-time Grammy winner and the first woman to be inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Pro-Palestinian protesters at UCLA refuse orders to disperse Greene vows to force a vote to oust Speaker Johnson next week United Methodist Church repeals ban on ordaining LGBTQ+ clergy