Tributes have been flooding in for “the queen of soul”, Aretha Franklin, who has died from advanced pancreatic cancer at the age of 76.

She announced her retirement from touring in February 2017 and was forced to cancel appearances, including at the New Orleans Jazz Festival, on the advice on doctors early this year.

Franklin’s career spans six decades, with the popularity of her hits such as Respect and (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman enduring today. In 1987, she became the first woman to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and won 18 Grammy awards across half a century.

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