Areatha Franklin

Jock7 · 16 Aug 2018 at 15:44

It is with the greatest sadness to inform you that the world's greatest female singer has just died. Since 2010 she was confirmed as having Cancer.

snips86x · 16 Aug 2018 at 15:46

I saw this on the news earlier

sad times

Glanza · 16 Aug 2018 at 16:20

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-45169609

RIP

Liquid_Entity · 16 Aug 2018 at 16:38

RESPECT In Peace Aretha. Legend

Sankari · 17 Aug 2018 at 00:13

Trump is now claiming that Franklin worked for him on 'numerous occasions.' Which is absolutely false. He has no shame.

:rolleyes:

Hades · 17 Aug 2018 at 03:17

Evangelion said:
Trump is now claiming that Franklin worked for him on 'numerous occasions.' Which is absolutely false. He has no shame.

I've absolutely no idea whether it's true of false. If it's false then he should be ridiculed from the greatest height. You say it's obvious? Please can you explain why you know this to be false? Thanks.

Sankari · 17 Aug 2018 at 04:33

Hades said:
I've absolutely no idea whether it's true of false. If it's false then he should be ridiculed from the greatest height. You say it's obvious? Please can you explain why you know this to be false? Thanks.

I know it's false because Franklin's performances are a matter of public record. She performed once at the Trump’s Castle casino in 1988, and once at the opening of the Trump Taj Mahal casino in the 1990s. Two performances does not count as 'numerous', and at neither time was she 'working for Trump.'

Trump's Castle went bankrupt in 1992 (despite an illegal loan from Trump's father), was restructured under a different Trump company as the Trump Marina, continued to fail, and was sold when Trump Entertainment Resorts went bankrupt in 2009.

The Trump Taj Mahal was found to have been laundering money for 16 years, copped a $10 million fine, and was sold to Icahn Enterprises after Trump Entertainment Resorts went bankrupt again (this time in 2014).