FILE: Elton John and his partner David Furnish get the gift of parenthood for Christmas

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  • Title: FILE: Elton John and his partner David Furnish get the gift of parenthood for Christmas
  • Date: 29th December 2010
  • Summary: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (OCTOBER 18, 2010) (REUTERS) VARIOUS SIR ELTON JOHN POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS WITH DAVID FURNISH (SOUNDBITE) (English) SIR ELTON JOHN, SINGER-SONGWRITER, SAYING: "There's still so much to do. There's still so much to do in places like America. There's so much to still learn about, for young people, especially. Please take care of yourselves, please have a condom ready when you want to have sex. Don't have unsafe sex. Don't have unprotected sex. It's a message we say every single year when we're standing here on this carpet, but we have to repeat ourselves, because unfortunately the infection rate among young people in America is going up, alarmingly." SIR ELTON JOHN POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS WITH DAVID FURNISH WINDSOR, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (DECEMBER 21, 2005) (REUTERS) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) JOHN AND FURNISH WAVING AT CROWD (PILLARS OBSCURE VIEW) JOHN AND FURNISH WAVING TO FANS FROM ENTRANCE TO GUILDHALL (2 SHOTS) CROWD OF PHOTOGRAPHERS FURNISH AND ELTON POSING FOR PHOTOCALL JOHN AND FURNISH WAVING AT FANS AND MEDIA JOHN AND FURNISH RECEIVING WEDDING CAKE FROM TWO FEMALE FANS
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  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Arts / Culture / Entertainment / Showbiz
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  • Story Text: Elton John and his partner have become the proud parents of a son born to a surrogate in California on Christmas Day, US Weekly reported on Monday (December 27).
    The boy, named Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John, is the first for the British rock star and Canadian filmmaker David Furnish, who have been together since the early 1990s.
    "We are overwhelmed with happiness and joy at this very special moment," US Weekly quoted the pair as saying. "Zachary is healthy and doing really well, and we are very proud and happy parents."
    The magazine said the boy weighed 7 pounds, 15 ounces, and it quoted a representative for the 63-year-old musician as saying that no further details about the surrogacy arrangement would be disclosed. John's spokeswoman told Reuters the report was accurate.
    The pair, who entered into a civil union in 2005, tried to adopt an AIDS-infected orphan in Ukraine last year, but were thwarted by government regulations.
    Their son's middle name is a possible nod to John's 1971 song "Levon," whose lyrics were written by the rocker's longtime collaborator Bernie Taupin and inspired by Levon Helm, the drummer and singer for The Band.
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