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The Franklin Credit Union was raided by authorities investigating the embezzlement of tens of millions in November 1988. The Nebraska Legislature organized a state committee in December 1988 to look into both the credit union embezzlement and the child prostitution allegations named the Franklin Committee, [ 5 ] led by state Senator Loran ...
Franklin was born Clarence LaVaughn Walker in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States, [2] to sharecroppers Willie and Rachel (née Pittman) Walker (1897-1988). [3] 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.
Aretha Louise Franklin (/ ə ˈ r iː θ ə / ə-REE-thə; March 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018) was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. [2] Honored as the "Queen of Soul", she was twice named by Rolling Stone magazine as the greatest singer of all time.
FBI surveillance files tracking Aretha Franklin’s racial justice activism in the 1960s and ’70s were unsealed for the first time The post Aretha Franklin was tracked by the FBI in the 1960s ...
A document handwritten by singer Aretha Franklin and found in her couch after her 2018 death is a valid Michigan will, a jury said Tuesday, a critical turn in a dispute that has turned her sons ...
Though Aretha Franklin is remembered as the Queen of Soul, the singer — who died at age 76 in 2018 — was also an integral part of the Civil Rights Movement and used her musical influence to ...
Aretha Franklin left no will or trust for her reported $80 million estate, and her family could now face lengthy court proceedings. Aretha Franklin's lawyer explains why singer did not have a will ...
Aretha Franklin first released the song as a single in 1967 and subsequently it appeared on many of her albums. It hit number one on the Billboard Hot Rhythm & Blues chart and number two on Billboard's Hot 100 chart.