Entertainment Music Aretha Franklin's Funeral: Stars Turn Out to Lay the Queen of Soul to Rest Stars including Ariana Grande, Pete Davidson, Bill Clinton, Jesse Jackson and so many more turned out to honor the late Queen of Soul By Jordan Runtagh Jordan Runtagh Twitter Jordan Runtagh is an Executive Podcast Producer at iHeartRadio, where he hosts a slate of pop culture shows including Too Much Information, Inside the Studio, Off the Record and Rivals: Music's Greatest Feuds. Previously, he served as a Music Editor at PEOPLE and VH1.com. He's written about art and entertainment for more than a decade, regularly contributing to outlets like Rolling Stone and Entertainment Weekly, and appearing as a guest on radio and television. Over the course of his career, he's profiled the surviving Beatles, Brian Wilson, Aretha Franklin, Roger Waters, David Byrne, Pete Townshend, Debbie Harry, Quincy Jones, Brian May, Jerry Lee Lewis, James Taylor and many more. A graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, he lives in Brooklyn, where he can be found DJing '60s soul records. People Editorial Guidelines Published on August 31, 2018 06:45 PM Share Tweet Pin Email Trending Videos 01 of 38 ANGELA WEISS/AFP/Getty Bill Clinton, Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson at Aretha Franklin's funeral service, held on Aug. 31, 2018, at the Greater Grace Temple in Detroit. 02 of 38 ANGELA WEISS/AFP/Getty Pete Davidson and Ariana Grande at Aretha Franklin's funeral service, held on Aug. 31, 2018, at the Greater Grace Temple in Detroit. 03 of 38 ANGELA WEISS/AFP/Getty Pete Davidson and Ariana Grande at Aretha Franklin's funeral service, held on Aug. 31, 2018, at the Greater Grace Temple in Detroit. 04 of 38 ANGELA WEISS/AFP/Getty Bill and Hillary Clinton at Aretha Franklin's funeral service, held on Aug. 31, 2018, at the Greater Grace Temple in Detroit. 05 of 38 Paul Sancya/AP/REX/Shutterstock Bill Clinton and Attorney General Eric Holder at Aretha Franklin's funeral service, held on Aug. 31, 2018, at the Greater Grace Temple in Detroit. 06 of 38 ANGELA WEISS/AFP/Getty Rev. 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Ellis III at Aretha Franklin's funeral service, held on Aug. 31, 2018, at the Greater Grace Temple in Detroit. 23 of 38 TANNEN MAURY/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock Michigan Governor Rick Snyder speaks at Aretha Franklin's funeral service, held on Aug. 31, 2018, at the Greater Grace Temple in Detroit. 24 of 38 Paul Sancya/AP/REX/Shutterstock Smokey Robinson speaks at Aretha Franklin's funeral service, held on Aug. 31, 2018, at the Greater Grace Temple in Detroit. 25 of 38 Scott Olson/Getty Smokey Robinson speaks at Aretha Franklin's funeral service, held on Aug. 31, 2018, at the Greater Grace Temple in Detroit. 26 of 38 Scott Olson/Getty Former Detroit Piston Isaiah Thomas speaks at Aretha Franklin's funeral service, held on Aug. 31, 2018, at the Greater Grace Temple in Detroit. 27 of 38 Paul Sancya/AP/REX/Shutterstock Chaka Khan performs at Aretha Franklin's funeral service, held on Aug. 31, 2018, at the Greater Grace Temple in Detroit. 28 of 38 Scott Olson/Getty Cicely Tyson speaks at Aretha Franklin's funeral service, held on Aug. 31, 2018, at the Greater Grace Temple in Detroit. 29 of 38 ANGELA WEISS/AFP/Getty Tyler Perry speaking at Aretha Franklin's funeral service, held on Aug. 31, 2018, at the Greater Grace Temple in Detroit. 30 of 38 ANGELA WEISS/AFP/Getty Ron Isley performs at Aretha Franklin's funeral service, held on Aug. 31, 2018, at the Greater Grace Temple in Detroit. 31 of 38 Paul Sancya/AP/REX/Shutterstock Fantasia Barrino-Taylor performs at Aretha Franklin's funeral service, held on Aug. 31, 2018, at the Greater Grace Temple in Detroit. 32 of 38 ANGELA WEISS/AFP/Getty Clive Davis speaks at Aretha Franklin's funeral service, held on Aug. 31, 2018, at the Greater Grace Temple in Detroit. 33 of 38 TANNEN MAURY/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock Judge Greg Mathis speaks at Aretha Franklin's funeral service, held on Aug. 31, 2018, at the Greater Grace Temple in Detroit. 34 of 38 Paul Sancya/AP/REX/Shutterstock Rev. Jesse Jackson speaks at Aretha Franklin's funeral service, held on Aug. 31, 2018, at the Greater Grace Temple in Detroit. 35 of 38 Paul Sancya/AP/Shutterstock Jennifer Hudson performs at Aretha Franklin's funeral service, held on Aug. 31, 2018, at the Greater Grace Temple in Detroit. 36 of 38 Paul Sancya/AP/Shutterstock Gladys Knight speaks at Aretha Franklin's funeral service, held on Aug. 31, 2018, at the Greater Grace Temple in Detroit. 37 of 38 ANGELA WEISS/AFP/Getty Stevie Wonder performs at Aretha Franklin's funeral service, held on Aug. 31, 2018, at the Greater Grace Temple in Detroit. 38 of 38 ANGELA WEISS/AFP/Getty Former President Bill Clinton speaks at Aretha Franklin's funeral service, held on Aug. 31, 2018, at the Greater Grace Temple in Detroit.