Aretha Franklin Never Saw This Picture of Herself: The Story Behind a Previously Unpublished Portrait

When the Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin died last month at the age of 76, she was called a "diva to the end," and proved that point by going out in a gold-plated casket.

But that doesn't mean Franklin didn't have a down-to-earth side, too — and that's what's on display in the photo seen here. It was taken in 1977 but was never published until now.

"She did her own makeup.