Aretha Franklin died like she lived — as music royalty — with massive four-day Detroit funeral that played out like a big-budget Hollywood production! While the diva’s family squabbled over her estate, The National ENQUIRER has tallied up an estimate of the incredible cost, based on insiders and multiple sources with knowledge of the astounding undertaking! Read on for a line-by-line tally, and click here for more celebrity funeral news….
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Christian Louboutin 5-inch patent leather pumps: $775
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Three custom-made gowns: $21,000
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Embalming: $595
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Cosmetology and hairdressing: $427
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White 1940 LaSalle hearse: $34,000
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Flowers (orchids and roses): $35,000
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Rental of Charles H. Wright Museum of African-American History: ($15,000 every four hours): $180,000
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Double plot at Woodlawn Cemetery: $5,595
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Graveside service: $1,700
Total: $319,092
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Christian Louboutin 5-inch patent leather pumps: $775
Photo credit: Getty Images
Three custom-made gowns: $21,000
Photo credit: Getty Images
Embalming: $595
Photo credit: Getty Images
Cosmetology and hairdressing: $427
Photo credit: Getty Images
White 1940 LaSalle hearse: $34,000
Photo credit: Getty Images
Flowers (orchids and roses): $35,000
Photo credit: Getty Images
Rental of Charles H. Wright Museum of African-American History: ($15,000 every four hours): $180,000
Photo credit: Getty Images
Double plot at Woodlawn Cemetery: $5,595
Photo credit: Getty Images
Graveside service: $1,700
Total: $319,092
Photo credit: Getty Images
