Aretha Franklin has died at age 76
Franklin's passing follows reports earlier this week that cited friends and family of the singer saying that Franklin was "gravely ill" and put on hospice care in her home in Michigan.
Franklin released her first album, "Songs of Faith," in 1956, and her decades-spanning career included the top 10 "
"(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman," "Think," "I Say a Little Prayer," "Chain of Fools," and her iconic cover of Otis Redding's "Respect."