Singer Elton John and husband David Furnish say they have become parents for a second time.
The couple say they are "overwhelmed with happiness" at the birth of Elijah Joseph Daniel Furnish-John
John's spokeswoman Fran Curtis confirmed an announcement on the singer's website that the baby was born Friday in Los Angeles to a surrogate mother. The baby weighs eight pounds, four ounces (3.7 kilograms).
John, who is 65, and 50-year-old Furnish are parents to two-year-old Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John, born in California in December 2010, also through a surrogate mother
They told Hello! Magazine Wednesday that "the birth of our second son completes our family in a most precious and perfect way."
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