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This Article is From May 28, 2011

Elton John In The Race For Father Of The Year Title

London: Pop icon Elton John and hispartner David Furnish have become the first ever gay parentsto be nominated for the title of Celebrity Dad of the Year.

The 63-year-old Grammy winning hitmaker and hislong-term partner welcomed their first child, a son namedZachary, through a surrogate mother in December last year.

Other nominees include footballers Wayne Rooney andDavid Beckham, Mysterious Girl hitmaker Peter Andre, TakeThat singer Gary Barlow and comedian Jonathan Ross, reportedSun online.

The Rocket Man hitmaker and Furnish had the baby inLos Angeles and both contributed to the conception of Zacharythrough a process called 'mixing'.

Their unconventional parenting methods have grabbedheadlines since the birth of their son. When Zachary was just a few days old his famousparents bought him an apartment worth USD 2 million where helived with two round-the-clock nannies.

His surrogate mother's breast milk was flown to LosAngeles for the first four months after Zachary's birth.

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