What age Aretha Franklin had her first baby?

She first became pregnant at the age of 12 and gave birth to her first child, named Clarence after her father, on January 28, 1955. In one of her handwritten wills, discovered in 2019, Franklin revealed that the father was Edward Jordan.

How old was Aretha Franklin when she gave birth to her second child?

Clarence, her firstborn who was named after the singer’s preacher father, was born just two months before her 13th birthday, and she had Edward, her second child, two years later at age 14.

How many times was Aretha Franklin married and how many children?

Aretha married twice, first to Theodore ‘Ted’ White in 1961 aged 19. After a difficult marriage that involved domestic violence, they separated in 1968. She then married her second husband, actor Glynn Turman, in 1978, and became stepmother of Turman’s three children from a previous marriage.

Who inherited Aretha Franklin’s estate?

Jul 12, 2022. The estate of the legendary Aretha Franklin is finally done with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). According to USA Today, the outstanding $7.8 million debt has officially been paid in full. This is a huge win for Franklin’s four sons who inherited her estate following her passing in 2018.