Aretha Franklin’s Casket Was Made in Indiana
DETROIT — The casket that legendary soul singer Aretha Franklin will be buried in came from a company in southeast Indiana.
The solid bronze Promethean casket was made by the Batesville Casket Company.
Franklin’s casket took about 150 hours to build, customize, and polish the casket.
It looks gold-plated, but the company says only the hardware is plated with 24-karat gold. The rest of the plating uses 48 ounces of polished bronze.
The casket cost about $30,000, according to IndyStar.
Franklin passed away from a pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor on Aug. 16. She was 76.
Her funeral is this Friday in Detroit.
(Photo by Paul Sancya/AFP/Getty Images.)
