Aretha Franklin has died at age 76

Soul music legend Aretha Franklin died at her home in Detroit on Thursday at the age of 76, her publicist told the Associated Press. 

Franklin's passing follows reports earlier this week that cited friends and family of the singer saying that Franklin was "gravely ill" and put on hospice care in her home in Michigan.

Franklin released her first album, "Songs of Faith," in 1956, and her decades-spanning career included the top 10 "
"(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman," "Think," "I Say a Little Prayer," "Chain of Fools," and her iconic cover of Otis Redding's "Respect."