*Aretha Franklin’s family were left devastated after a photo of The Queen of Soul’s body in her casket was captured at her viewing on Tuesday and shared across social media.
Franklin, who died Aug. 16 of pancreatic cancer at the age of 76, was laid to rest at the Greater Grace Temple in her hometown of Detroit Friday.
Now, a member of her family is speaking to express disappointment with how the Queen of Soul’s funeral service was handled, and the leaked photo of Aretha in her casket.
In a Facebook post, Kafi Franklin wrote about how “selfish and insensitive” people are for sharing the mage. She revealed that her 12-year-old daughter broke down in tears when she saw the leaked photo of her grandmother being posted on social media sites.
“I didn’t want to post my opinion about any of this because overall the love was overwhelming but when my 12-year-old was brought to tears from seeing her Grandmother in a casket all over social media… I feel I must.. I can’t believe that some people are sooo selfish and insensitive,” she wrote.
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Kafi also called out people who used Aretha’s funeral “benefit themselves or to entertain or achieve personal agenda with no regards to the family.”
She said she’s upset that folks were treating the funeral more like a concert than a homegoing service.
“My children lost their grandmother.. her sons lost their mom.. so many people completely ignored their grief and selfishly used this situation to benefit themselves or to entertain or achieve personal agenda with no regards to the family. To all the people who posted negative pics/fake news, to all those who treated the funeral like a concert or event.. to those that callously spoke on everything but words of comfort and love Shame on you .. you made a child /family suffer even more than they were… you made a difficult day even more so for us all”
Read her full message below:
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