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23 June 2023, 14:50

Sir Elton John is a real icon of popular music, and is one of the most successful artists of all time.

Sir Elton John has sold over 300 million records worldwide and has collaborated with lyricist Bernie Taupin since 1967 on over 30 albums.

His tribute single to Princess Diana, 'Candle in the Wind 1997', sold over 33 million copies worldwide and is the best-selling single in the history of the charts.

But how old is Sir Elton and how big is his family? Here's all the important facts about the legendary singer-songwriter:

1. How old is Elton John and where is he from?

   Elton John opens up about 'wasting' his life on years of drug use

   Elton John was born Reginald Kenneth Dwight, on March 25, 1947. He celebrated his 76th birthday in 2023.

   He was born in Pinner, Middlesex, and was the eldest child of Stanley Dwight (1925–1991) and the only child of Sheila Eileen (née Harris, 1925–2017).

   Elton and was raised in a council house in

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   Elton John Biography

   Born: March 25, 1947
   Pinner, Middlesex, England
   English singer, songwriter, and humanitarian

   Once famous for his flashy clothes and string of hit records, English rock musician Elton John has more recently become a humanitarian (one who works to promote human welfare) with a particular interest in supporting acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS; a disease that destroys the body's ability to fight infection) charities.

   Early life

   Elton John was born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on March 25, 1947, in the town of Pinner in Middlesex, England. An only child who was overweight and wore glasses, he was afraid of his father, a squadron leader (a ranking officer) with the Royal Air Force, whom he described as "very snobbish and sort of stiff." His mother Sheila, on the other hand, brought home records that introduced him to rock music. John taught himself to play the piano at the age of four. He studied at the London Academy of Music but quit two weeks before graduation to pursue a musical career. He worked for a music publis

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   Did Elton John’s mother poison him against the father he loathed? As a blockbuster biopic opens, biographer Philip Norman reveals that the star’s claims about his dad hating him are a total work of fiction

   Rock stars and unhappy childhoods go together like cocaine and rolled-up £50 notes. It’s something most of my biographical subjects have had in common, from John Lennon to Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix.

   So when I came to write Sir Elton John’s unauthorised biography, I didn’t question too hard his bleak back story of a sensitive only child, baptised Reginald Dwight, and a domineering dad serving as a flight lieutenant in the Royal Air Force, who – he believed – never really loved or understood him. That early misery and enduring insecurity, so the story goes, gave Elton his drive to succeed and the insatiable need to be loved by an audience. But it also left psychological scars that wealth and fame could never erase.

   All this is laid bare in the trailer to his new eagerly awaited biopic, Rocketman, which has been co-produced by Sir Elton and his husband, David Furnish, and is