Melissa Etheridge
Born | May 29, 1961 |
Hometown | Leavenworth, Kansas, United States of America |
Net worth | $25 million |
Height | 5'2" (1.57m) |
Spouse | Linda Wallem (m 2014 - present) |
Partner | Julie Cypher , 2010 , civil partnership started , Tammy Lynn Michaels |
Children | Beckett Cypher |
Parents | John Etheridge , Elizabeth Williamson |
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Melissa Etheridge pays tribute to her children’s father David Crosby
- Crosby is the biological father of Etheridge’s two children, who were conceived using artificial insemination
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Melissa Etheridge says David Crosby gave her 'the gift of family'
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Melissa Etheridge ready for Love Rocks NYC benefit's return
This year’s Love Rocks, which takes place at The Beacon Theatre in Manhattan Thursday night, boasts enormous star power – including headliners Melissa Etheridge, Keith Richards, with his “other” band The X-Pensive Winos, Mavis Staples, and others
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Meat Loaf had complicated relationship with I’d Do Anything For Love
The singer spent much of his career fielding questions about the true meaning of its lyrics.
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‘I considered having kids with Brad Pitt’: Melissa Etheridge on music, motherhood and coming out
‘I considered having kids with Brad Pitt’: Melissa Etheridge on music, motherhood and coming out. Eighteen months after she lost her son to opioid addiction, the singer-songwriter has released a new album. She talks about her troubled childhood, the happiness she has found with her wife – and her refusal to grieve
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Jennifer Aniston Describes Friendship With Ex-Husband Brad Pitt: 'We're Buddies'
The actor responded to a question asking if her 2020 on-screen reunion with Pitt was 'awkward'
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Melissa Etheridge opens up on son's fatal overdose: 'I didn't want to blame genetics'
The singer also noted how the coronavirus pandemic "turned the volume up" on Beckett's depression issues.
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Melissa Etheridge opens up about losing son Beckett Cypher to opioid addiction
Melissa Etheridge has opened up about grieving for her son Beckett Cypher after losing him to opioid addiction.Beckett died aged 21 in May. Etheridge announced the death on social media, writing at the time in part: “Today I joined the hundreds of thousands of families who have lost loved ones to opioid addiction.”
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David Crosby says it's 'not true' that he was just a 'donor' to Melissa Etheridge's late son Beckett
After retweeting a story with the sad news, Crosby replied to a commenter who “respectfully” posted that Crosby was merely a “donor” for Etheridge and her former partner Julie Cypher.
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Melissa Etheridge announces the death of her 21-year-old son Beckett
"My heart is broken."
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Melissa Etheridge's son, Beckett Cypher, dies aged 21
Melissa Etheridge's son, Beckett Cypher, dies aged 21
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Melissa Etheridge's 21-year-old son Beckett Cypher dies from opioid overdose
The musician said in a statement she lost her son to opioid addiction.
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