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David Essex happy father to 5-month old Sonny

David Essex
David Essex

67-year-old singer and actor David Essex is enjoying fatherhood once again, even if five-month old son Sonny wakes dad and mum Susan Hallam-Wright each morning at 5am..

“Sonny's waking us at 5am, but it's just wonderful to have another boy, " Essex told the Sunday Mirror.  "We'll see how it goes, " he replied when asked if he is planning on having another child,

The singer-songwriter and actor has two grown-up children Verity, who is 42, and 37-year old Danny from his first marriage to Maureen Neel.  

He is also father to 26-year-old twins Billy and Kit from his marriage to Carlotta Christy. The singer has six grandchildren.

“We breed like rabbits, us Cooks, “ said the former Eastenders star, whose real name is David Albert Cook. “ My priority in life has always been family, I actually think children teach you to be a man.'  He says is very close to all of his children.

David and Susan Hallam-Wright met during a 2008 UK tour of the musical, All The Fun Of The Fair. They married in a north Welsh village two years later.   

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