[SIZE=7]Aretha Franklin, ‘the queen of soul’, dies aged 76[/SIZE]
Regarded as one of the greatest singers of all time, Aretha Franklin has died of advanced pancreatic cancer
To be a super power you must dorminate in soft power as well. When your artistes die whole world turns up. I assume you don’t even know any Chinese musician. And the famous ones the Bruce Lees and what not had to go to Hollywood to gain fame. And change his name from Lee Jun fan to Bruce Lee. And from Chan Kong Sang to Jackie Chan. Li Lianjie to Jet Li.
And to think that 300 years later a female descendant would be singing R-E-S-P-E-C-T and get paid while at it. And make world history while at it.
And 48 years later a Kenyan called Charley Flani would be moaning her death. A fellow Kenyan, an athlete, a national hero passes on, not even a squeak… not even a mere RIP.