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Aretha Franklin
Legendary Singer

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By: Montana Easley

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Areatha Franklin was born on March 25, 1942 in Memphis Tennessee.

Aretha spent most of her childhood in Michigan after her family moved to Detroit. They were part of the Great Migration.

 Aretha 
Dropped out of high school to focus on her music career and take care of her.

She had a habit of getting loaded before a performance. In no way did that help her singing…Aretha was big on denial. She didn't want to hear that she had a drinking problem. It didn't matter how many falls she suffered, how many tickets she got, how many subpar performances she gave due to inebriation.

 Aretha 
Dropped out of high school to focus on her music career and take care of her.

Aretha loved gospel music and she wanted to perform other types of music as well.

She had a habit of getting loaded before a performance. In no way did that help her singing…Aretha was big on denial. She didn't want to hear that she had a drinking problem. It didn't matter how many falls she suffered, how many tickets she got, how many subpar performances she gave due to inebriation.

Aretha Franklin rarely spoke about her private life. She was 
Diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in her later years. 
She did not share this diagnosis with fans. In 2010 one of Franklin’s relatives shared the news.

Despite her budding music career, Aretha did not
have an easy adolescence. Just a few years after losing her mother, a teenage Aretha became a mother herself. Her son Clarence was born in 1955. She gave birth to another son named Edward in 1957.

In 1987 Franklin received an important honor. She was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. She was the first woman to receive this honor.

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