A Final Goodbye To The Queen Of Soul

AM800-News-Aretha Franklin-Coffin-August 30-2018-1.7057217 DETROIT, MI - AUGUST 30: The remains of Aretha Franklin are carried from the New Bethel Baptist Church following a final public viewing on August 30, 2018 in Detroit, Michigan. Franklin's funeral will be held Friday at Greater Grace Temple. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) (The remains of Aretha Franklin are carried from the New Bethel Baptist Church following a final public viewing on August 30, 2018 in Detroit, Michigan. Franklin's funeral will be held Friday at Greater Grace Temple. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images))

Aretha Franklin's funeral today in Detroit will be opened up to 1,000 members of the public.

Greater Grace Temple Bishop Charles Ellis the Third says anyone who wants to attend needs to be in line no later than 8:30 a.m. and appropriately dressed.

The funeral is expected to last about six-and-a-half hours, and some of it will be televised.

Performer include Stevie Wonder, Faith Hill, Ariana Grande and Jennifer Hudson along with speeches by former U.S. President Bill Clinton and the Reverend Jesse Jackson.

Franklin died earlier this month of pancreatic cancer at the age of 76.

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102nd White House Correspondents' Association Dinner - Arrivals WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 30: Singer Aretha Franklin attends the 102nd White House Correspondents' Association Dinner on April 30, 2016 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images) (Larry Busacca/Getty Images)

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