people on the ground at. press conference will be talking about this much more today max thanks so much. fan of the voice and it's just one of thousands who are lining up to pay their last respects to the queen of soul aretha franklin's body is lying in state in her hometown of detroit a private funeral will take place on friday the seventy six year old music legend died earlier this month pancreatic cancer maya schwager has this report. this is where rita franklin learned to say her father was the head pastor of the new bethel baptist church while she was growing up. with her upbringing here in detroit and her incredible talent franklin grew into