U.S. cultural icon Arethra Franklin dead at age 76

Flowers are placed on Aretha Franklin's star at the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, the United States, on Aug. 16, 2018. U.S. cultural icon Aretha Franklin died on Thursday at her home in Detroit, Michigan, at age 76 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. (Xinhua/Zhao Hanrong)