New York, NY -- It'll be emotional for Aretha Franklin to sing at Whitney Houston's funeral. Franklin told the "Today" show "it's not going to be easy." But Franklin says she couldn't refuse a personal request from Houston's mother, Cissy. Franklin considered Houston her goddaughter. Stevie Wonder will also sing at the service. Alicia Keys and Houston's cousin Dionne Warwick will be part of the funeral, too, as will Houston's co-star in "The Bodyguad," Kevin Costner. The funeral will take place in a church in Newark, New Jersey, where Houston sang as a child. She'll be buried next to her father afterward.
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