The result: Fekadu was so far ahead with Franklin’s death that that the news was widely attributed to the AP, even by at least one competitor. His news break is the Beat of the Week. BREAKING: ...

Aretha Franklin passed away in Detroit, Michigan, on August 16. TMZ reports she had no will. Franklin's net worth at the time of her death was estimated to be roughly $80 million. Her assets will ...

The number looked like a mistake when I first read it, casually bracketed alongside the announcement of her death. Aretha Franklin, a woman who seemed to have lived a thousand lives and ...

But now, Aretha Franklin's $8M tax debt is paid, estate says. That is clearly good for her heirs, who must be relieved to have the IRS out of the picture. Franklin had been ill before her death ...