Di Queen of Soul, wey die from pancreatic cancer for 2018 at di age of 76, and get four sons, no get formal, typewritten will for place, even afta she don dey face health challenges and make efforts to get one done.

But based on Michigan law, e still possible to treat oda documents wey fit include scribbles, scratch-outs, and passages wey hard to read as her commands.

Di trial to determine which handwritten command go guide how her estate go dey handled go happen for Pontiac, Michigan. Dis dispute dey cause wahala between one of her sons and oda sons. Ted Richards White believe say papers wey dem date for 2010 suppose mainly control di estate, while Kecalf Cunningham and Edward Franklin dey support one document wey dem find for Aretha Franklin suburban Detroit house for 2014. Both documents dem find months afta her death