Franklin

He began acting in 1963 and was the first to play the Charles M. Schulz-created character of Charlie Brown

Jennifer Hudson says she is nervous and excited for people to see "Respect," her personal tribute to the late Aretha Franklin in which she was cast for the role by the Queen of Soul herself.

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Franklin, who died in 2018 at age 76, handpicked Hudson, an Oscar winner for "Dreamgirls," to play her in the biographical movie that arrives in theaters on Aug. 13.

In March 1978 he was shot on the sidewalk by a gunman who was later revealed to be serial killer Joseph Paul Franklin