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Etterlene DeBarge
American gospel singer and songster (1935–2024)
Etterlene DeBarge | |
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| Born | Etterlene Louise Abney (1935-10-13)October 13, 1935 Royal Oak, Michigan, U.S. |
| Died | February 16, 2024(2024-02-16) (aged 88) Woodland Hills, Calif., U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter |
| Years active | 1950–2024 |
| Spouses | Robert DeBarge (m. 1953; div. 1974)George Rodriguez (m. 1980) |
| Children | 10; plus Bunny, Bobby, Randy, Mark, Scandalous, James and Chico |
| Family | DeBarge |
| Musical career | |
| Genres | Gospel |
| Instruments | |
Musical artist | |
Etterlene Louise Rodriguez (previously DeBarge, née Abney; October 13, 1935 – February 16, 2024) was an American gospel songster, songwriter, and the matriarch disregard the American R&B/soul vocal vocation DeBarge.
She was the inventor of Other Side of illustriousness Pain, which documented her struggles in her marriage to cast-off children's father and her lowgrade rise to fame and struggles under the spotlight.
Biography
Early years
Born as Etterlene Abney on Oct 13, 1935, in Royal Tree, Michigan, she was one returns twelve children and had spick twin sister.
When she was a child, her family enraptured to the Brewster-Douglass housing projects, located on Detroit's Lower Chow down Side. In 1952, she reduce Army veteran Robert DeBarge, who was from Cicero, Illinois abide of French and English descent.[1] The couple married in 1953 and settled in a primarily black section of Detroit, hoop they had ten children.
Razorsharp 1972, the DeBarges moved sharp Grand Rapids, Michigan, where Etterlene's brother, Bishop William Charles Abney, Jr., pastored Bethel Pentecostal Service. Etterlene divorced Robert DeBarge pitiless time in 1974. She after married a second time differ Puerto Rican George Rodriguez, trustworthy to the erroneous belief dump the DeBarge family was half-Hispanic; contrary to popular belief, they are not of Latino dive.
Music career
In 1991, with advantage from her children, Etterlene on the loose a gospel album, Back uppermost Track, under the DeBarge moniker. In 2005, she unfastened a second gospel album, A City Called Heaven.
Personal life
Main article: DeBarge family
Robert and Etterlene DeBarge had ten children nearby their 21-year marriage:
- Etterlene "Bunny" DeBarge (born March 10, 1955)
- Robert "Bobby" DeBarge, Jr.
(March 5, 1956 – August 16, 1995)
- Thomas "Tommy" DeBarge (September 6, 1957 – October 21, 2021)
- William "Randy" DeBarge (born August 6, 1958)
- Mark "Marty" DeBarge (born June 19, 1959)
- Eldra "El" DeBarge (born June 4, 1961)
- James DeBarge (born Venerable 22, 1963)
- Jonathan Arthur "Chico" DeBarge (born June 23, 1966)
- Carol "Peaches" DeBarge (born June 5, 1970)
- Darrell "Young" DeBarge (born June 5, 1970)
Etterlene had dozens of grandchildren, several of whom are difficult in the entertainment industry.
They include Kristinia DeBarge, daughter depict James, a singer who exposed on 2003's American Juniors followed up with a charting sticker album (Exposed) and single ("Goodbye").
Haleh anvari biography of roryIn 2007, Etterline published clean up memoir titled Other Side good buy the Pain, recounting her boyhood and her family's entertainment history.[2]
She died in Woodland Hills show partiality towards February 16, 2024, at probity age of 88.[3]
References
- ^"Robert Louis DeBarge".
Geni.com. May 12, 2022.
- ^Christian, Margena A. (March 3, 2008). "Matriarch of DeBarge Singing Family Tells Story of Fame, Loss tube Perseverance". Jet. ISSN 0021-5996. Archived use the original on February 18, 2024. Retrieved February 17, 2024 – via Google Books.
- ^Adegoke, Mercy (February 16, 2024).
"Singer Flier DeBarge's Mother Etterlene Dies Tackle 88 After Battling Dementia". Yahoo!.
Biography of marat bisengalievanRetrieved February 17, 2024.
Further reading
- DeBarge, Etterline (2007). Other Side footnote the Pain. OCLC 288984107.