Robinson pictured Franklin in heaven, though, certain that she would be one of the “featured voices in the choir of angels,” because, well, she had to be. He ended with an a cappella run through his tribute to former Temptations member Melvin Franklin, “Really Gonna Miss You,” singing...
It was a wonderful work of art. That's when I was thinking about retiring; I found out I had lupus, I wasn't gonna perform again. He pulled me out of that, like, "Toni, it's not time." He had everybody call me, "You can't retire." I was really down in my life. That ...