Who is Aretha Franklin husband Glynn Turman?
Aretha Franklin has had a lot to deal with in her life, especially her love life. Although she is no more, she did well raising her kids and doing m music full-time.
Aretha Franklin had been married twice and had four from different relationships. Aretha Franklin then married Ted White, whom she married in 1961 at the age of 18. She had actually seen White for the first time at a party held at her house in 1954. Her marriage was marred by domestic abuse, and Franklin separated from White in 1968 and divorced him in 1969.
She married actor Glynn Turman, on April 11, 1978, at her father’s church. By marrying Turman, Franklin became the stepmother of Turman’s three children. Franklin and Turman separated in 1982 after she returned to Michigan from California and they divorced in 1984.
Glynn Russell Turman was born on January 31, 1947, he is an American actor, writer, director, and producer. Turman is known for his roles as Lew Miles on the prime-time soap opera Peyton Place (1968–1969), high school student Leroy “Preach” Jackson in the 1975 coming-of-age film Cooley High, math professor and retired Army colonel Bradford Taylor on the NBC sitcom A Different World (1988–1993), and Baltimore mayor Clarence Royce on the HBO drama series The Wire. He received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his role on the HBO drama series In Treatment.
Turman has been married three times (including his marriage to Aretha) and has four children. Turman was married to Ula M. Walker from 1965 until 1971. Together, Turman and Walker had three children. Turman married Jo-Ann Allen in 1992. Turman and Allen have one daughter.
