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Photos: Remembering Aretha (22 photos)

The legendary soul singer, pianist, and performer Aretha Franklin passed away on Thursday, surrounded by family and friends, at the age of 76. The Queen of Soul will be remembered for countless songs and performances throughout her life, and is eloquently memorialized here by our own Spencer Kornhaber. Below, a collection of images of Franklin’s amazing career, spanning the past five decades.

Singer Aretha Franklin performs during the Soul Together Concert at Madison Square Garden on June 28, 1968, in New York City. (Walter Iooss. Jr. / Getty)
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