Franklin received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1979 , had her voice declared a Michigan " natural resource " in 1985 , and became the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987 . The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences awarded her a Grammy Legend Award in 1991 , then the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1994 . Franklin was a Kennedy Center Honoree in 1994 , recipient of the National Medal of Arts in 1999 , and was bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2005 . She was inducted into the Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame in 2005 , and the Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame in 2015 . Franklin became the second woman inducted to the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005 . She was the 2008 MusiCares Person of the Year , performing at the Grammys days later . In 2019 she was awarded a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation " f or her indelible contribution to American music and culture for more than five decades . " Franklin was the first individual woman to receive a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation
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