family friend. what are your thoughts this morning, michael? well, we ve lost the greatest voice of the 20th century. the greatest sound a voice made when it sang was aretha franklin, the daughter of one of the most remarkable preachers in america. over 76 albums he made in a career of extraordinary evangelism across the country. she debuted at 14 years old on record. never grow old was the song she sang. she had a soul that was much older than her body. she then eventually left the church to, you know, make soul music. there was a tremendous scism and a tremendous conflict, and yet the church was in her, she wasn t in the church. she carried the gospel fervor into the world and, as you indicated, she was a catalyst for so many movements, not only the feminist movement in terms of respect, but respect was a song of self-assertion and racial pride. and she was a member of that generation that raised funds for civil rights movement, that