Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul and the greatest singer of my lifetime, passed away today. She joined other musical royalty who had earlier passed away on this same date, Elvis Presley, the King of Rock and Roll, and Robert Johnson, the King of the Deltas Blues. It’s not just musical royalty; Babe Ruth, the Sultan of Swat, and Bela Lugosi, the King of Horror, also died on August 16. Finally, two people very significant in Atlanta history, Margaret Mitchell, author of Gone with the Wind, and John Pemberton, creator of Coca Cola, breathed their last on this date.
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