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Aug 4, 2021 · At the time of its release, Franklin — who died in 2018 of pancreatic cancer at the age of 76 — was married to her first husband Ted White, who also became her manager. Not only did she...
Theodore Richard White (March 25, 1931 – October 26, 2020) was an American businessman, songwriter, music manager and producer from Detroit, Michigan. [1] White was the manager and first husband of soul singer Aretha Franklin.
Jun 4, 2021 · At the start of Aretha Franklin's career, she was managed by her first husband Ted White, who she was married to for the majority of the 1960s. Ted White is played by actor Marlon Wayans in the Aretha Franklin biopic Respect opposite Jennifer Hudson as the Queen of Soul.
Aug 16, 2018 · The Queen of Soul, who rarely discussed her marriage troubles to first husband Ted White, previously shared only a few glimpses of the domestic abuse she suffered during the relationship....
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Aug 14, 2021 · Franklin and White married in 1961 — when she was 19 and he was reportedly 30 — after a few months of dating. White became her manager, and has writing and cowriting credits on several of...
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Mar 31, 2021 · Aretha was married to Ted White in 1961, when the singer was 19. Per David Ritz’s Respect: The Life of Aretha Franklin, they first met in 1954 at a party, and White had a reputation as something of a smooth operator. “I knew Ted White, as did most entertainers in Detroit,” Aretha's sister, the late singer Erma Franklin, said in the book.
Aug 15, 2018 · Over the course of her life, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, has been married twice. Her first marriage to Theodore “Ted” White lasted eight years. It began when Franklin was just 19...
