- Title: Janet Jackson, 50, announces birth of first child
- Date: 3rd January 2017
- Summary: MILAN, ITALY (FILE-FEBRUARY 25, 2013) (REUTERS) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** ARRIVAL OF SINGER JANET JACKSON JACKSON SITS WITH HUSBAND WISSAM AL MANA JACKSON HOLDING HANDS JACKSON SMILES AT THE CAMERA MILAN, ITALY (FILE-SEPTEMBER 28, 2009) (REUTERS) VARIOUS VIPS ARRIVING AT AMFAR (THE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH) DINNER VARIOUS OF JACKSON POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS
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- Keywords: Janet Jackson Wissam Al Mana baby birth son
- Location: LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES / MILAN, ITALY / PARIS, FRANCE
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- Story Text: Pop star Janet Jackson gave birth on Tuesday (January 3) to her first child, a boy, at the age of 50, her publicist said.
"Janet Jackson and husband Wissam Al Mana are thrilled to welcome their new son Eissa Al Mana into the world," the singer's representative said in a statement to People magazine.
"Janet had a stress-free healthy delivery and is resting comfortably," the statement said.
Jackson and Qatari businessman Al Mana married in 2012, and the singer in April postponed her "Unbreakable" world tour so they could focus on starting a family.
In October, she showed off her baby bump in an exclusive photo for People magazine.
Jackson, the fiercely private youngest child of the famed Jackson singing family, has not given any details of the pregnancy or where the baby was born.
She had two previous marriages: a year-long union with soul singer James DeBarge in the mid 1980s, and to dancer Rene Elizondo Jr from 1991-2000. - Copyright Holder: FILE REUTERS (CAN SELL)
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