Hundreds lined up Tuesday outside Detroit’s Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, where Aretha Franklin’s body is lying in repose for two days ahead of her funeral on Friday.
“This is history right here,” said 22-year-old Sidney Lloyd of Detroit. His family arrived by 7 a.m. Tuesday to be among the first to say goodbye to the Queen of Soul.
“We are here to respect Aretha Franklin,” Lloyd said. “Her voice is a national treasure.”
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