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Detroit lawyer tapped to take over Aretha Franklin estate

by Associated Press
| March 3, 2020 4:05 PM

PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A Detroit lawyer who said he knew Aretha Franklin and “idolized her" was appointed as interim manager of her estate Tuesday, a step that could ease tensions among the late singer's sons.

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