"Aretha Franklin is one of those performers who can be called the pillars of modern music, certainly. That is, her work, her work was determined by the face of the genre, the face in general of all modern music, including soul. It has created standards that have been guided by several generations of performers, "he said.
According to Gasparyan, the departure from the life of Aretha Franklin is a great loss for modern culture.
"When people of the same scale as Aretha Franklin leave, this is, of course, a great loss for modern music, for modern culture, for humanity. Unfortunately, life is arranged in such a way that sooner or later everyone leaves, as Ella Fitzgerald left, Louis Armstrong. She was from this cohort of performers, if we talk about her greatness, "he concluded.
At the age of 76, American soul singer Aretha Franklin passed away.