Aretha Franklin
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FILE - In this Dec. 6, 2013 file photo, entertainer Aretha Franklin sings at the National Christmas Tree lighting ceremony across from the White House in Washington. The legendary singer Franklin and Motown founder Berry Gordy will be honored at the 2014 BET Honors. The network announced Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014, that rapper-actor Ice Cube, American Express CEO Ken Chenault and photographer and video artist Carrie Mae Weems will also receive tributes at the event. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
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Aretha Franklin performing in Newark, N.J. in 2013. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
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**FILE** Diane Sawyer attends Aretha Franklin's 70th birthday party in New York on March 24, 2012. (Associated Press)
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Aretha Franklin has been inducted into the GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame. She couldn’t attend the induction, but she did send a video for the ceremony.
