What is Melvin Franklin?
[[File:Melvin Franklin.jpg|right|200px]] '''David Melvin English''' (later '''Melvin Franklin'''; October 12, 1942 – February 23, 1995)<ref>{{cite web|title=Melvin Franklin|publisher=Famous Why|url=http://people.famouswhy.com/melvin_franklin|accessdate=June 5, 2014}}</ref> was an [[Americans|American]] [[bass (vocal range)|bass]] singer. He was known for being in the [[Motown]] group [[The Temptations]]. In the late 1960s, Franklin developed [[rheumatoid arthritis]]. He used cortisone to treat it. The cortisone made his [[immune system]] not work well. He also developed [[diabetes mellitus|diabetes]]. Franklin was born in [[Montgomery, Alabama]]. He moved to [[Detroit]]. He died because of several [[seizure]]s at age fifty-two. ==References== <references/> == Other websites == *{{imdb|0291332}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Franklin, Melvin}} [[Category:Musicians from Alabama]] [[Category:R&B musicians]] [[Category:1942 births]] [[Category:1995 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from seizure]] {{us-bio-stub}}