Elton John and his partner have become the proud parents of a son born to a surrogate in California on Christmas Day. 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,” the pair has adding, “Zachary is healthy and doing really well, and we are very proud and happy parents.” The pair said the boy weighed 7 pounds, 15 ounces but it did not disclose the surrogacy arrangements.
The pair tried to adopt an AIDS-infected orphan in Ukraine last year, but was 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.
