FILE - In this July 8, 2012 file photo, Aretha Franklin performs at the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans. A person close to Franklin said on Monday that the 76-year-old singer is ill. Franklin canceled planned concerts earlier this year after she was ordered by her doctor to stay off the road and rest up. (Photo by Cheryl Gerber/Invision/AP, File)
Republished August 17, 2018 - 7:37 PM
Original Publication Date August 17, 2018 - 1:56 PM
NEW YORK - The MTV Video Music Awards plans on honouring the legacy of Aretha Franklin — they're just not sure how they will do it.
The VMAs will air live Monday. Show executive producer Jesse Ignjatovic tells The Associated Press on Friday that his team is "working on a lot of different options."
Franklin, who was 76, died Thursday at her home in Detroit from pancreatic cancer.
Ignjatovic says he's working to find "the right tone and the right artist" to properly pay tribute to the Queen of Soul.
He adds: "Whether it's a performance or spoken — just something that's organic and done in a way that feels tonally right because it's Aretha Franklin."
The VMAs will be held at Radio City Music Hall in New York.
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