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Rupert Murdoch becomes a father again at 72
Canberra, July 19: Australian-born media magnate Rupert Murdoch has become a father for the sixth time, the Murdoch-owned Daily Telegraph newspaper reported on Saturday.
Canberra, July 19: Australian-born media magnate Rupert Murdoch has become a father for the sixth time, the Murdoch-owned Daily Telegraph newspaper reported on Saturday.
Wendi Deng, the third wife of the 72-year-old chairman and chief executive officer of News Corporation, gave birth to the couple's second child -- a girl named Chloe -- in New York on Thursday, the newspaper reported.
Murdoch and Deng, 35, already have a one-year-old daughter, Grace.
Murdoch has four adult children -- Prudence, Elisabeth, Lachlan and James. The eldest Prudence, is from his first marriage, and the others are from his 31-year marriage to Anna Murdoch.
The sprightly septuagenarian, who owns newspapers and the Fox Entertainment Group once quipped his victory over low-grade prostate cancer in 2000 had "convinced me of my own immortality".
Bureau Report