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Barbara Siggers Franklin. Barbara Vernice Franklin (née Siggers; June 29, 1917 – March 7, 1952) was an American gospel singer and pianist, the mother of American singer–songwriter Aretha Franklin and wife of C. L. Franklin, the African-American Baptist minister of New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit.
C. L. Franklin. Clarence LaVaughn Franklin (né Walker; January 22, 1915 – July 27, 1984) was an American Baptist minister and civil rights activist. [2] Known as the man with the "Million-Dollar Voice", Franklin served as the pastor of New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit from 1946 until he was shot and wounded in 1979.
Aretha Louise Franklin (/ əˈriːθə / ə-REE-thə; March 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018) was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. [2] Honored as the " Queen of Soul ", Rolling Stone magazine twice named her as the greatest singer of all time. [3][4] As a child, Franklin was noticed for her gospel singing at New Bethel Baptist Church in ...
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Erma Franklin was born in Shelby, Mississippi, United States, [2] [3] the oldest daughter of Barbara (née Siggers) and the Reverend C. L. Franklin. She was raised in Detroit, Michigan, where her father was pastor of the New Bethel Baptist Church. She was raised by both parents until the age of 10, when her parents separated for the final time.
Updated August 28, 2020 at 10:19 AM. A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports ...
Franklin was born in Memphis, to Barbara (née Siggers) and Reverend C. L. Franklin. [3] The youngest of the minister's six children, she moved to Buffalo, New York, shortly after her birth. [4] Around 1946, the Franklin family settled in Detroit, [4] where Carolyn would begin singing at her father's New Bethel Baptist Church.
Aretha Franklin's death certificate has confirmed her cause of death. One day after the Queen of Soul passed away on Thursday morning at the age of 76, TMZ obtained the late singer's death ...