Growing into a sex and pregnant circle at age 12, looking into the secret life of Aretha Franklin

However, behind these texts lies an even more dramatic story.

Because Soul's queen, known as one of the greatest singers of all time and who died today (August 16, 2018) at the age of 76, had a troubled personal life involving a pregnancy at the age of 12 and four children from four different fathers.

Details were discovered in a 2014 biography by David Ritz.

As it came to be called "Respect," he described the singer's journey to be a delightful international legend and the chronicle of ego that grew over time to be as great as her name.

While Ritz made it clear that the early education of Arethas in Detroit was also varied

Her father, Claire “C. L” Lewis was known as a preacher in the church, where he was a member, providing much more than just sermons at his gatherings.

In fact, orgies were so common that the other friend, Ray Charles, named the church a “sexual circle”.

Only at the age of 12, she became pregnant by a school friend named Donald Burke.

Aretha was born just two months before her 13th birthday, a child she named Clarke after her father and who was the first of two babies she would have before she was fifteen years old.

The second, Edward, was appointed after his father, a local friend.

Lesson does not limit Aretha's musical ambition.

From her early age she maintained ambition to become a famous pop singer and leaving Grandma Rachel and Sister Erma to take responsibility for her children, she abandoned school to pursue her purpose.

It was about this time when she introduced herself to singer Sam Cooke, who later told Ritz that he had tasted more than her legendary voice when she joined her for a night in a motel room in Atlanta. He kept writing the song "You sent me for it."

At the age of 19, Aretha married the local ladies' husband, Ted White, who was immediately appointed as her manager and the couple had a child: another son, Ted Jr.

Until then she was good on her way to international fame: at the age of 16, she had already traveled with Martin Luther King, Jr, and in 1968 sang at his funeral.

But as her reputation grew, her family life soon deteriorated, her marriage plunged into alcohol and frustration.

She was drinking so much that we thought she was on the verge of a debacle”, sister Caroline discovered.

Aretha finally got out of White in 1968, but the alcohol problem got worse.

Her ego grew in direct direction with its success, leading Dennis Edwards, the lead singer of ʹTemptation, another beloved Aretha's one who had told her that she viewed some of her loved ones as being less than servants.

That connection didn't work either, since she met someone after the divorce from her husband and in early 1970 she had given birth to her fourth son, Kecalf, by her then manager Ken Cunningham.

Until 1978 Arethha was about to tie the knot again, this time with the movie star, Glyn Tsun.

Yet, once again, despite a seemingly fascinating life on the surface, it seems that Aretha still cannot find the family happiness she wanted, and her marriage ended within six years.