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riversedge

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Fri Aug 31, 2018, 11:08 AM Aug 2018

Pink Cadillacs to line Detroit's streets in honor of Aretha Franklin




Pink Cadillacs to line Detroit's streets in honor of Aretha Franklin
Updated 31st August 2018
The video at the link has folks dancing in the street--like a New Orleans funeral.




Pink Cadillacs to line Detroit's streets in honor of Aretha Franklin



https://www.cnn.com/style/article/pink-cadillacs-aretha-franklin-funeral/index.html

Written by Oscar Holland, CNN


"We goin' ridin' on the freeway of love in my pink Cadillac," declared Aretha Franklin in her 1985 hit single "Freeway of Love."
Now, more than three decades on, dozens of pink Cadillac owners will pay a special tribute to the "Queen of Soul" by lining up their cars in Detroit for her funeral Friday.



The display is being organized by Crisette Ellis, whose husband, Bishop Charles H. Ellis III, serves as pastor at the Greater Grace Temple, where the funeral will be held. While the tribute is an apparent reference to the song that won Franklin her 12th Grammy (and its artwork, which features the singer in a pink Cadillac), Ellis told NPR that the idea was inspired by the way police line up their vehicles to honor fallen officers.


"My husband said, 'Wouldn't it be awesome if we could have a sea of pink Cadillacs parked on Seven Mile Road to greet Ms. Aretha Franklin as she arrives?'" she told the radio show. At the time of that interview, Ellis said more than 130 pink Cadillacs would be participating.




https://dynaimage.cdn.cnn.com/cnn/q_auto,w_727,c_fit/http%3A%2F%2Fcdn.cnn.com%2Fcnnnext%2Fdam%2Fassets%2F180828090800-pink-cadillac.jpg
A pink Cadillac seen outside the viewing of Aretha Franklin at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History on Aug. 28, 2018. Credit: JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP/AFP/Getty Images
Described by the Detroit church as its "First Lady," Ellis also works as a sales director for the cosmetics firm Mary Kay, which is known for rewarding top employees with pink Cadillacs. Ellis said she expected vehicles from as far afield as Texas and Florida.
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Pink Cadillacs to line Detroit's streets in honor of Aretha Franklin (Original Post) riversedge Aug 2018 OP
KR Me. Aug 2018 #1
Respect Bayard Aug 2018 #2
She would've wanted it JuJuYoshida Aug 2018 #3
A tribute fitting for a Queen! smirkymonkey Aug 2018 #4
That Faith Hill number was surreal ... I was mesmerised by what was going on around her as much OnDoutside Aug 2018 #5

OnDoutside

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5. That Faith Hill number was surreal ... I was mesmerised by what was going on around her as much
Fri Aug 31, 2018, 12:06 PM
Aug 2018

as anything else

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