{"id":277691,"date":"2011-02-23T15:10:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-23T15:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/02\/23\/elton-john-holds-his-son-zachary\/"},"modified":"2011-02-23T15:10:00","modified_gmt":"2011-02-23T15:10:00","slug":"elton-john-holds-his-son-zachary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/23\/elton-john-holds-his-son-zachary\/","title":{"rendered":"Elton John Holds His Son Zachary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"40.7701711491\">\n \t\t\t<!-- start toutImageHTML --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/da55d495on-john-300.jpg\" alt=\"Elton John Holds His Son Zachary\" border=\"0\" height=\"400\" width=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<div readability=\"7\">\n<p>Elton John and son Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John<\/p>\n<p>Bauer-Griffin<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <!-- end toutImageHTML --><br \/>\n\t\t\t<!-- start articleShareHTML --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t <!-- end articleShareHTML --><br \/>\n\t\t\t<!-- start articleHTML --><br \/>\n\t\t\tElton John has spoken of his <a href=\"http:\/\/celebritybabies.people.com\/2011\/02\/07\/elton-john-zachary-is-the-most-divine-little-thing-in-the-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">unbridled joy<\/a> at becoming a first-time father at 63. 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