Five Years After Whitney Houston’s Funeral, Aretha Franklin Sent a Fax That Stunned the Music World
2026/09/23
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Aretha Franklin did not confront Dionne Warwick at Whitney Houston’s funeral. She was not even there. But five years later, the Queen of Soul sent a lengthy fax to a news agency and followed it with a phone call. She wanted to challenge something Warwick had said during the service in front of mourners and a worldwide audience.
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The issue was not a song, a contract or a concert booking. It was a single word: godmother.
Franklin said Warwick had wrongly described her as Houston’s godmother. By 2017, she was ready to say so publicly. Her decision turned an old funeral moment into an extraordinary dispute between two of the most recognizable voices in American music.
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