Evidence-backed historical profile · Archive 8

Aretha Franklin

Aretha Louise Franklin

Historical record

Overview

Birth date

March 25, 1942

Death date

August 16, 2018

Complete Number

8

Membership

Archive 8

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MNV Complete Number Method

Complete Number 8

Birth dateMarch 25, 1942

date validation1942 + 3 + 25

digit extraction1 + 9 + 4 + 2 + 3 + 2 + 5 = 7

initial digit sum1 + 9 + 4 + 2 + 3 + 2 + 5 = 26

master number preservation26

reduction2 + 6 = 8

final value8 = 8

Archive classificationArchive 8

The calculation establishes only this result and Archive classification under the documented method.

Institutional citations

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Institutional source 1

Aretha Franklin

Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery

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English
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Citation location
Sitter metadata and exact life dates
Evidence scope

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Institutional source 2

Aretha Franklin

Recording Academy

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English
Media
text/html
Citation location
Artist facts and exact life dates
Evidence scope

Institutional metadata supports the candidate identity, exact civil birth date, life dates, and bounded historical context described by Recording Academy.

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Identityverified

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Birth Dateverified

Exact institutional Gregorian civil date; no repository-side conversion.

Death Dateevidence-located

Exact death date only; cause and circumstances are not asserted.

Historical Role

American singer and musician

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Institutional Affiliation

Music, gospel, civil-rights, and award contexts remain separate

evidence-located

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Sensitive History

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evidence-located

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Historical evidence

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Calculation

The Complete Number establishes Archive classification under the documented MNV method.

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