Happy Birthday: Elton John

Elton John

Born: March 25, 1947 in Pinner, Harrow, Middlesex [now London], England, UK

Married to: David Furnish (21 December 2014 – present) (2 children)
Renate Blauel (14 February 1984 – 18 November 1988) (divorced)

[on Freddie Mercury] One of my very closest friends, a man whom I loved dearly, and a man who was loved by millions of people around the world. Freddie told me he had AIDS soon after he was diagnosed in 1987. I was devastated. I’d seen what the disease had done to so many of my other friends. I knew exactly what it was going to do to Freddie. As did he. He knew death, agonizing death, was coming. But Freddie was incredibly courageous. He kept up appearances, he kept performing with Queen, and he kept being the funny, outrageous, and profoundly generous person he had always been.

[on “How Deep Is Your Love” by…