Aretha Franklin's 'Forever Friend' Willie Wilkerson Dies of COVID-19 at 72

“Sesame Street” has teamed up with CNN for “The ABC’s of COVID-19,” a town hall directed toward children and parents that aired on Saturday, April 25.

By Jamie Lang

An additional 66 Los Angeles County residents have died from COVID-19 illness in the past 24 hours, it was reported Wednesday. That brings the total number of deaths across the county during the coronavirus pandemic to 729, with 89 percent of those patients suffering from underlying health conditions.

Another 46 people have died in Los Angeles County since Monday due to COVID-19 illness, bringing the total number to 663. For a second straight day, the number of newly diagnosed positive cases has increased significantly — Tuesday by 1,400, Monday by 1,491 — due to a backlog of cases, Dr.

Kelly Clarkson has fond memories of Aretha Franklin. The 37-year-old artist appeared on Thursday's episode of The Tonight Show and recalled the time the late The Queen of Soul brought her to tears by complimenting her performance.

Kelly Clarkson is a huge Aretha Franklin fan, so it’s hardly surprising she got emotional when Franklin praised one of her performances.

All around the same time in late March — as novel coronavirus outbreaks worsened around the United States — Westworld actor Jeffrey Wright started a nonprofit in Brooklyn, New York; in Berkeley, California, novelist-producer couple Ayelet Waldman and Michael Chabon sprang into action with a like-minded initiative; and in Los Angeles, a group of execs — including Discovery’s Erin Arend, HBO senior vp Nora Skinner, Hello Sunshine CEO Sarah Harden, and Magnet Companies’ Jeff Berman — came together

When Willie Wilkerson Jr. first met Aretha Franklin -- whom she called her "forever friend" -- during the mid-80s, his daughters say he wasn't sure who she was.The two were living at Detroit's Riverfront Apartments and were each outside getting some air, Wilkerson with his leg in a cast.

Lauren Spencer-Smith has earned everyone’s respect.

“American Idol” idol contestant Franklin Boone might just have what it takes to go all the way.

Chile, the Internet is going nuts after old footage has resurfaced of former 3LW member Kiely Williams and former Destiny’s Child member Farrah Franklin verbally dragging each other as they attempt to list off the credentials of their respective resumes.

When Cypress Hill’s B-Real opened his own marijuana dispensary in the San Fernando Valley two years ago, he considered it a bit of extra business. But in the midst of the coronavirus-related shutdowns blocking the live industry, the rapper’s revenue from Dr.

The third installment of National Geographic’s “Genius” anthology series, subtitled “Aretha” for its subject Aretha Franklin, has been delayed due to the novel coronavirus halting production.

By Dino-Ray Ramos

Lonnie Franklin, the convicted serial killer known as the "Grim Sleeper" who preyed on the women of South Los Angeles for more than two decades, has died in prison. He was 67.