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Aretha Franklin to remarry at 69

The Sowetan reports that an obese Aretha Franklin, now aged 69, has got engaged to her long-time companion William 'Willie' Wilkerson and plans to get married on a yacht in Miami Beach, Florida sometime in the coming summer.

5 Jan 2012

Franklin has been married twice before, first to her former manager, Ted White during the 1960s and then to actor Glynn Turman; that marriage ended in 1984 after just five years.

She is still performing even though she had an operation last year for an undisclosed ailment.

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