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Mar 28, 2024 · Singer Aretha Franklin was a mother of four kids. Here's everything to know about her children: Clarence Franklin, Edward Franklin, Teddy Richards and Kecalf Franklin.
- Emy Lacroix
Jan 12, 2024 · It's been years since she died from cancer, but her four children are still arguing over her estate. Her eldest son, Clarence Franklin, was diagnosed with mental illness and might get nothing. Aretha Franklin photographed in 1960 | Source: Getty images.
- 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,...
Mar 23, 2021 · Franklin gave birth to four boys—Clarence Franklin, aged 66, Edward Franklin, 64, Teddy Richards, 57, and Kefcalf Cunningham, 51. Teddy was the child of her first husband and one-time manager, Ted White.
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Jun 28, 2022 · Clarence Franklin. Clarence Franklin (centre) at his mother's funeral in 2018. Picture: Getty. Aretha first became pregnant at the age of 12, and gave birth to her first child, named Clarence after her father, American Baptist minister CL Franklin, in 1955.
Dec 29, 2023 · 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. Kecalf, Aretha's youngest son, was born in 1970.
Aug 17, 2018 · Clarence Franklin, Aretha Franklin’s eldest son, was born when Franklin was just 12-years-old, on March 28, 1956. Rumors swirled about his parentage, with many people believing that Franklin’s...
