The Detroit church that is hosting Aretha Franklin’s funeral Friday, Aug. 31, plans to live-stream the celebrity-packed ceremony.
The Detroit church hosting Aretha Franklin’s funeral Friday, Aug. 31 plans to live-stream the celebrity-packed service.
Greater Grace Temple, a 4,000-person mega-church at 23500 W. Seven Mile in Detroit, regularly streams Sunday sermons, as well as prominent funerals.
The stream is expected to be available here when the funeral begins at 10 a.m. Friday.
Local TV stations are also expected to broadcast footage of the funeral.
Among the high-profile public figures expected to attend Franklin’s funeral are former President Bill Clinton, Rev. Jesse Jackson and Smokey Robinson, the Associated Press reports.
Ariana Grande, Steve Wonder, Jennifer Hudson, Fantasia, Faith Hill, Shirley Caesar, Chaka Khan and others are among the musicians scheduled the perform, according to the Associated Press.
The iconic Detroit musician known as the Queen of Soul died at 76 on Thursday, Aug. 23 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Born in Memphis, Franklin lived in Detroit most of her life and called it home.
She’ll be interred at Woodlawn Cemetery in Detroit following the funeral.
