Aretha Robinson

Aretha Robinson was the celebrity mother of an American singer, songwriter, pianist, and composer named Ray Charles. 

She died young, not being able to see the success of her son Ray. Ray is one of the greatest artists of all time. 

He became blind at a very young age of 7, but he never let the blindness be the excuse to block his success. 

He has written and sang many hit songs and has been given many great titles and awards for his work. 

He first started his journey in the entertainment industry in 1947 and became more and more successful with time. 

His life is kind of a movie in itself. He has led an interesting life, and though he is no longer with us, his music will always remind people about him.

Marriage:

There is no information whether Aretha was married or not, but she had two kids with a man named Bailey Robinson, who used to work as a laborer. 

Though they had two kids together, Bailey was only present for a short time in the family and just left them. Aretha then raised both the kids by herself.

Ray’s love life:

Ray’s first marriage was with a woman named Eileen Williams. They exchanged wedding vows on July 31, 1951, and later divorced in 1952.

Ray married a woman named Della Beatrice Howard Robinson. They exchanged wedding vows on April 5, 1955. 

They shared three kids together named Ray Charles Robinson Jr., David Robinson and Robert Robinson. They were married for 22 years and got a divorce in 1977.

Reason for divorce:

Ray and Della got divorced because Ray was extremely addicted to heroin and used to have many extramarital affairs. His volatile behavior was too much to handle as well.

Della never got married again.

After Della:

After getting a divorce from Della, Ray had nine other children with different women.

Ray had a son with his girlfriend Margie Hendricks of six years named Charles Wayne Hendricks. He had a daughter with Mae Mosley Lyles named Renee Robinson. 

He had another daughter with Sandra Jean Betts named Sheila Raye Charles. Ray then had a child named Vincent Kotchounian with Arlette Kotchounian. 

Then he had a daughter with Louise Flowers named Evelyn Robinson. He had a daughter with an unidentified woman named Reatha Butler. 

He also had a daughter named Alexandra Bertrand with Mary-Chantal Bertrand. He had a daughter with Gloria Moffett named Robyn Moffett. 

He also had a son with Mary Anne den Bok named Ryan Corey Robinson den Bok.

When he was about to die, he wanted to see all his children, but only 10 of them showed up, and he informed them that he had left $500,000 for each of his children.

Blindness:

Ray had problems with his eyes and had trouble seeing clearly since the age of 5. One day when he was in his house playing, he saw his older brother drowning in a big metal basket filled with water. 

It was the basket that his mother used to wash clothes in. He tried to help his brother, but his hands were too small and weak, and he was unable to help. 

He rushed inside the house in panic and called his mother. She came out as soon as possible, but it was already too late, and his brother was already dead.

After that incident, his eyesight started getting worse, and he turned completely blind two years later when he was seven years old.

Net worth:

The net worth of Aretha is not known. Ray had a net worth estimated to be $75 Million.

Age:

1. Aretha died in 1945.
2. Ray was 73-year-old when he died. He was born in 1930 and died in 2004.

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