DETROIT — The regal presence Aretha Franklin exuded in life was captured at her viewing on Tuesday, with the late Queen of Soul in a gold-plated casket dressed completely in red, including high-heeled pumps, proving, as one person put it, that she was a “diva to the end.”

Mourners poured into the museum to pay their final respects to Franklin, who died Aug. 16. The two-day viewing was part of a week of commemorations for the legend, who will be laid to rest on Friday.