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==Elton John== | ==Elton John== | ||
− | Elton John was born [[Mar 25]], 1947 in Pinner, Middlesex, England; near London, to Stanley Dwight and his wife Sheila Eileen Harris. Stanley was a Royal Air Force officer. They divorced in 1961, Stanley remarried four months later and had four more children | + | Elton John was born [[Mar 25]], 1947 in Pinner, Middlesex, England; near London, to Stanley Dwight and his wife Sheila Eileen Harris. Stanley was a Royal Air Force officer. They divorced in 1961, Stanley remarried four months later and had four more children including Geoffrey Dwight |
Meanwhile Sheila also remarried to Fred Farebrother. When Elton John wed his Canadian-born boyfriend David Furnish on [[Dec 21]], 2005, (son of Mr Furnish and his wife Gladys) in what was billed as the "first celebrity gay union in the U.K." both Sheila and Fred were invited. | Meanwhile Sheila also remarried to Fred Farebrother. When Elton John wed his Canadian-born boyfriend David Furnish on [[Dec 21]], 2005, (son of Mr Furnish and his wife Gladys) in what was billed as the "first celebrity gay union in the U.K." both Sheila and Fred were invited. | ||
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*[http://www.breakingnews.ie/archives/?c=ENTERTAINMENT&jp=cwmhqlkfcwmh&d=2005-12-29 Elton's 'marriage certificate' revealed] Dec 29,2005 on Breaking News naming David's mother as "Gladys" | *[http://www.breakingnews.ie/archives/?c=ENTERTAINMENT&jp=cwmhqlkfcwmh&d=2005-12-29 Elton's 'marriage certificate' revealed] Dec 29,2005 on Breaking News naming David's mother as "Gladys" | ||
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=RBN6mKz83kgC&pg=PA127&lpg=PA127&dq=%22sheila+farebrother%22&source=web&ots=5QJc2ypb2K&sig=ygxeVWGLGeO6rkCJyWu1tyw1yz0#PPA140,M1 "His Song: The Musical Journey of Elton John], by Elizabeth J Rosenthal, Billboard Books, New York (2001) 538 pages. Page 140 stating this his parents had divorced in 1961. | *[http://books.google.com/books?id=RBN6mKz83kgC&pg=PA127&lpg=PA127&dq=%22sheila+farebrother%22&source=web&ots=5QJc2ypb2K&sig=ygxeVWGLGeO6rkCJyWu1tyw1yz0#PPA140,M1 "His Song: The Musical Journey of Elton John], by Elizabeth J Rosenthal, Billboard Books, New York (2001) 538 pages. Page 140 stating this his parents had divorced in 1961. | ||
+ | *[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_19970622/ai_n14463281 "Body found at Elton John's brother's home Sunday morning"] | ||
+ | *[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-62977935.html "It's Sir Elton's huff-brother"] | ||
==Stanley Dwight== | ==Stanley Dwight== |