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  1. Mar 28, 2024 · In 1961, when she was 19 years old, Aretha married music manager Ted White, and the pair welcomed a son, Ted White Jr., in 1964. Aretha and Ted divorced in 1969, and just one year later,...

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  2. Aug 21, 2019 · Ted White Jr. played guitar for his mother under the name Teddy Richards. Edward Franklin tried to establish himself as a gospel singer. Clarence, who was born when Ms. Franklin was in her...

    • Clarence Franklin
    • Edward Franklin
    • Ted White Jr.
    • Kecalf Cunningham

    Franklin was only 12 in 1955 when she had her first son, Clarence — named after her minister and activist father, Rev. C.L. Franklin. Clarence has written several songs, some of which Franklin went on to sing and record. It’s reported in court documentsthat Clarence has been diagnosed with mental illness and has lived in assisted living facilities....

    Edward was born in 1957, and his father was also Edward Jordan, Sr. Franklin didn’t discuss her earlier pregnancies with reporters, and little else is known about Edward’s father. Both Edward and Clarence were raised by Franklin’s mother and sister in Detroit after Franklin’s career began to take off, although Franklin reportedly saw her sons regul...

    Ted “Teddy” White, Jr., born in 1964, was the sole child Franklin had with her first husband and manager, Ted White Sr.White Sr. was allegedly physically abusive to Franklin; the two were married in 1961 when Franklin was only 19, and divorced in 1969. Teddy now uses performs with last name Richards, as his father did; he was mostly raised by his f...

    Franklin had her youngest son, Kecalf, with her road manager Ken Cunningham in 1970. Kecalf’s name is an acronym for his parents’ names: Ken E. Cunningham Aretha Louise Franklin. Kecalf — who sometimes goes by Kecalf Franklin — was also raised in Detroit with Clarence and Edward. He became a Christian rapper, and has also performed with his mother,...

  3. Aug 13, 2021 · How Many Children Did Aretha Franklin Have? Franklin had four children, Clarence Franklin, Edward Franklin, Ted White Jr. (known professionally as Teddy Richards) and Kecalf Cunningham.

  4. Jul 11, 2023 · Under Michigan law, her assets would have been divided equally among her four sons: Kecalf, Edward and Clarence Franklin, and Ted White Jr. The sons unanimously selected a cousin as the...

  5. Dec 29, 2023 · She became pregnant for the first time when she was just 12 years old, and her first son Clarence was born in 1955. Clarence was named after Aretha's father. Her second son, Edward, was born two years later. After marrying Ted White, the Queen of Soul had her third child, a son named Teddy White Jr, born in 1964.

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  7. Jul 9, 2023 · Ted White Jr., whose father had been Franklin’s manager and first husband, asked that the court favor documents that had been drafted by Mr. Grix, an experienced estate planning lawyer, in...