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Gospel singer Kirk Franklin celebrates 25th anniversary with wife
Famous American gospel singer-songwriter, and author Kirk Franklin and his wife Tammy Collins are celebrating 25 years together.
Franklin, the ‘Imagine Me’ crooner, is best known for leading urban contemporary gospel choirs such as The Family, God’s Property, and One Nation Crew among many others.
The 50-year old married Tammy in 1996 and they have 4 children together including: Kerrion, Carrington, Caziah and Kennedy Franklin.
He shared a photo and penned the words: “Sharing a lovely photo of them posing together on Instagram , the singer wrote: “A life-changing weekend with this one…25 years of surrender, dying to self, living for someone else, making God smile by making YOU. I hate the luggage i brought.. I would’ve lived differently if I knew what was waiting for me. What a blessing to find my medicine in loving you; You are my daily dose. Happy Anniversary to the undefeated champion of my .”
On January 20, 1996, Franklin married long-time friend Tammy Collins. When they wed, they each had one child from previous relationships: Franklin’s son Kerrion, born in 1988, and Collins’ daughter Carrington (whom Franklin legally adopted), born in 1989.
As a couple, they have two children together, a daughter named Kennedy (born in 1997) and a son named Caziah (born in 2000).
In 2005, Franklin appeared with his wife on The Oprah Winfrey Show to discuss how he ended his pornography addiction.
