Sir Elton Hercules John
(birth name Reginald Kenneth Dwight)
Born March 25, 1947 in Pinner, England
Raised in the UK, Elton John attended the Royal Academy of Music from 1958 to 1964 on a piano scholarship at age 11. He dropped out just before final exams to pursue show business. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. He was married in 1984 to Renate Blauel who was a sound engineer. They divorced 4 years later, he entered rehabilitation for drugs, alcohol and bulimia. He afterward decided to not fight his emotions and took a male lover. He was good friends with legend John Lennon and was Godson to Sean Ono Lennon, son of John and Yoko. In 1997 he was Knighted by Queen Elizabeth, and he re-wrote and sang "Candle in the Wind" as a tribute to his friend Princess Lady Diana at her funeral, which was originally a tribute to Marilyn Monroe.
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