Detroit Free Press staff Published 12:52 p.m. UTC Sep 1, 2018 A weeklong celebration of the life of the Queen of Soul ends today as Detroit and the world say a final goodbye to Aretha Franklin. 8:50 p.m.: Aretha Franklin's hearse has arrived at Woodlawn Cemetery. 8:48 p.m.: Terrell Brazier, a 32-year-old job coach from Detroit, watched the procession with his wife and their son. Brazier said he was amazed to watch the crowd swell before the Pink Cadillacs rolled by. He but most vividly remembers her from her performance in “Blues Brothers.” He grew up listening to her music, but that was the first time he’d seen her act. “That’s never left my mind,” he said. “It’s never left me.” 8:40 p.m.: The crowd lining the 7 Mile surged minutes after officers from the Detroit Police Department made their way down the road. Wendy Kyles, 63, a legal secretary from Detroit had her arms wrapped around her … [Read more...] about Aretha Franklin funeral: Hearse carrying Aretha Franklin’s body arrives at cemetery
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Aretha Franklin funeral: Follow the funeral processional
Detroit Free Press staff Published 12:45 p.m. UTC Sep 1, 2018 A weeklong celebration of the life of the Queen of Soul ends today as Detroit and the world say a final goodbye to Aretha Franklin. 8:40 p.m.: The crowd lining the 7 Mile surged minutes after officers from the Detroit Police Department made their way down the road. Wendy Kyles, 63, a legal secretary from Detroit had her arms wrapped around her granddaughters as she waited for the procession to come by. She went to see Aretha Franklin at Cobo Center when she was 11 years-old with her older sister. “I just remember seeing her and her seeming larger than life,” she said. “She was electric.” Kyles said her appreciation for Franklin has grown even stronger over time. She said she was especially empresses with her humanization efforts and her loyalty to Detroit. “It’s a big deal for her not to forget us — to still be here,” she said. … [Read more...] about Aretha Franklin funeral: Follow the funeral processional
Live stream: Aretha Franklin’s funeral processional
Detroit Free Press staff Published 10:56 p.m. UTC Aug 31, 2018 A weeklong celebration of the life of the Queen of Soul ends today as Detroit and the world say a final goodbye to Aretha Franklin. Freep.com is live along the route to the cemetery. Refresh your browser if you can't see the video. Earlier in the day: As Whoopi Goldberg made her departure, she said Aretha was “the most extraordinary woman I ever knew.” Asked to describe the service, Goldberg said it was long and “stunning.” Earlier in the day: Classical recording artist Audrey DuBois Harris, who performed “Great Is Thy Faithfulness” during the service, says Franklin was her mentor and champion. “To give final respect to her, it meant everything,” she said. “I will definitely carry on her legacy and her work on social justice, to unite us not divide us.” Earlier in the day: The Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, who’s … [Read more...] about Live stream: Aretha Franklin’s funeral processional
Live stream: Franklin’s casket leaves church
Detroit Free Press staff Published 10:46 p.m. UTC Aug 31, 2018 A weeklong celebration of the life of the Queen of Soul ends today as Detroit and the world say a final goodbye to Aretha Franklin. Freep.com will carry a live stream here from before the service through the procession. 6:43 p.m.: Franklin's casket and mourners are filing out of the church. 6:41 p.m.: Jennifer Holliday is at the podium to sing as pallbearers move Franklins casket. Holliday, a singer and actress, played Effie White in the 1981 Broadway production of “Dreamgirls.” Holliday made news in 2017 after she backed out of singing as part of President Donald Trump’s inaugural events. Earlier in the day: Doris Watkins, 91, and Ann Sledge, 76, are out on the avenue of the fashions to pay their respect to the queen. The duo were decked out in Aretha shirts and black baseball caps that they adhered print out of Aretha and cancer pink ribbons to. … [Read more...] about Live stream: Franklin’s casket leaves church
Documentary: Hobart woman may have fed dismembered lover to neighbors at barbecue, killed up to nine people
A forthcoming documentary suggests a Hobart woman who's serving a life sentence in prison for her role in two killings may have been a serial killer who also fed the remains of her dismembered lover to neighbors at a barbecue in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.Investigation Discovery, a crime-themed cable network that reaches 85 million U.S. households, will air the true crime thriller "Dead North" about Kelly Cochran, a Northwest Indiana woman who pleaded guilty to the 2016 murder of her husband, Jason Cochran, at their home on the 7100 block of Mississippi Street of Hobart. Cochran told Hobart police she injected her husband with heroin and smothered him with a pillow as revenge for the murder of her lover Christopher Regan, who she lured to her other home in Iron River, Michigan, with the promise of sex. Her husband burst out of the basement and shot Regan in the head with a .22 caliber rifle during the act, which the couple had plotted after making a "pact to kill off … [Read more...] about Documentary: Hobart woman may have fed dismembered lover to neighbors at barbecue, killed up to nine people