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Before marrying David Furnish, Elton John married Renate Blauel, a German-born sound engineer, on Valentine's Day in 1984 at St Mark's church in Sydney. His manager and former lover, John Reid, as well as Bernie Taupin and Tony King, were among the groomsmen. They divorced in 1988, around the same time Elton publicly announced that he was gay in a cover story of Rolling Stone magazine. In 2020, Renate Blauel, who had changed her name to avoid public attention after the separation, filed a lawsuit in the British High Court seeking $5.5 million in damages.…


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Before marrying David Furnish, Elton John married Renate Blauel, a German-born sound engineer, on Valentine's Day in 1984 at St Mark's church in Sydney. His manager and former lover, John Reid, as well as Bernie Taupin and Tony King, were among the groomsmen. They divorced in 1988, around the same time Elton publicly announced that he was gay in a cover story of Rolling Stone magazine. In 2020, Renate Blauel, who had changed her name to avoid public attention after the separation, filed a lawsuit in the British High Court seeking $5.5 million in damages.…


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Before marrying David Furnish, Elton John married Renate Blauel, a German-born sound engineer, on Valentine's Day in 1984 at St Mark's church in Sydney. His manager and former lover, John Reid, as well as Bernie Taupin and Tony King, were among the groomsmen. They divorced in 1988, around the same time Elton publicly announced that he was gay in a cover story of Rolling Stone magazine. In 2020, Renate Blauel, who had changed her name to avoid public attention after the separation, filed a lawsuit in the British High Court…

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Before marrying David Furnish, Elton John married Renate Blauel, a German-born sound engineer, on Valentine's Day in 1984 at St Mark's church in Sydney. His manager and former lover, John Reid, as well as Bernie Taupin and Tony King, were among the groomsmen. They divorced in 1988, around the same time Elton publicly announced that he was gay in a cover story of Rolling Stone magazine. In 2020, Renate Blauel, who had changed her name to avoid public attention after the separation, filed a lawsuit in the British High Court seeking $5.5 million in damages. Her legal action was in response to the release of the biopic Rocketman and the…

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Before marrying David Furnish, Elton John married Renate Blauel, a German-born sound engineer, on Valentine's Day in 1984 at St Mark's church in Sydney. His manager and former lover, John Reid, as well as Bernie Taupin and Tony King, were among the groomsmen. They divorced in 1988, around the same time Elton publicly announced that he was gay in a cover story of Rolling Stone magazine. In 2020, Renate Blauel, who had…

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