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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.
24. Juni 2021 · Tragically, Barbara Franklin died of a heart attack on March 7, 1952. She was just 34 years-old. Aretha Franklin's mother Barbara Siggers Franklin - played by Audra McDonald in Respect - died at a very young age, but she was instrumental in encouraging the future soul singer's talent.
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Franklin's birthplace, 406 Lucy Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee. [10] Aretha Louise Franklin was born on March 25, 1942, to Barbara (née Siggers) and Clarence LaVaughn "C. L." Franklin. She was delivered at her family's home located at 406 Lucy Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee.
23. Jan. 2023 · Barbara Siggers was a gospel singer and pianist who gave birth to Aretha Franklin in 1942. She died of a heart attack in 1952, when Aretha was 10 years old. Learn more about her life and legacy in this article.
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Franklin was born Clarence LaVaughn Walker in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States, to sharecroppers Willie and Rachel (née Pittman) Walker. C. L. Franklin would recall that the only thing his father did for him was to teach him to salute when he returned from service in World War I in 1919.Willie Walker abandoned the family when Clarence was...
Shortly after midnight on Sunday, June 10, 1979, Franklin was shot twice at point-blank range during what was believed to have been an attempted robbery at his home on Detroit's West Side. He was taken to Henry Ford Hospital on nearby West Grand Boulevard. He remained in a coma for the next five years. The Franklin children moved him back to his ho...
On October 16, 1934, Franklin married his first wife, Alene Gaines, at the age of 18 and though that marriage had ended by early 1936, the form of dissolution is unconfirmed. On June 3, 1936, Franklin married gospel singer Barbara Siggers, with whom he had four children: Erma (1938–2002), Cecil (1940–1989), Aretha (1942–2018), and Carolyn (1944–198...
Nick Salvatore, Singing in a Strange Land: C. L. Franklin, the Black Church, and the Transformation of America, Little Brown, 2005. Hardcover ISBN 0-316-16037-7.Jules Schwerin, Got to Tell It: Mahalia Jackson, Queen of Gospel, Oxford University Press, 1992. Paperback ISBN 0-19-509050-0.Interview with Nick Salvatore, author of Singing in a Strange Land, NPR.Willa Ward-Royster, How I Got Over: Clara Ward and the World-Famous Ward Singers, Temple University Press, 1997. Paperback ISBN 1-56639-490-2."C. L. Franklin". Find a Grave. Retrieved August 10, 2010.C.L. Frankin Papers, 1957-1991, and the C.L. Franklin Oral History Project, Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan.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.
18. März 2021 · This web page is about the life and career of Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul. It does not contain any information about barbara siggers franklin, who is not a related person or topic.
