# Elton John and David Furnish are making it official!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elton-john-and-david-furnish-are-making-it-official/301025>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 25, 2005, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elton-john-and-david-furnish-are-making-it-official/301025 "2005-04-25T14:14:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2005, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elton-john-and-david-furnish-are-making-it-official/301025/1 "2005-04-25T14:14:32Z")

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[CNN link](http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/25/elton.wedding.reut/index.html)

After being together for more than a decade, Elton & David are planning a 2006 wedding 😃

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**Author:** ![Little\_Bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Little\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Bird)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2005, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elton-john-and-david-furnish-are-making-it-official/301025/2 "2005-04-25T17:45:48Z")

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Wow, they are gonna have some strange looking kids… 😃

Good for them!

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**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2005, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elton-john-and-david-furnish-are-making-it-official/301025/3 "2005-04-25T18:32:41Z")

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In related news, I hear Pope Benedict has announced an Elton John album-burn this weekend… 😉

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**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2005, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elton-john-and-david-furnish-are-making-it-official/301025/4 "2005-04-25T22:54:02Z")

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We really should start thinking of a gift for the nuptuals.

How about a gift subscription to SDMB?

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**Author:** ![emekthian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecae2f/32.png) [@emekthian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emekthian)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elton-john-and-david-furnish-are-making-it-official/301025/5 "2005-04-26T00:07:37Z")

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> [@rjung](#):
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> In related news, I hear Pope Benedict has announced an Elton John album-burn this weekend… 😉

I am appalled!

Elton John should be compensated for his work! It shouldn’t just be downloaded and burned for nothing! 😃

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**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elton-john-and-david-furnish-are-making-it-official/301025/6 "2005-04-26T02:50:17Z")

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His first marriage to Renate lasted four years?

Gosh, at that time I thought it was one of those Over-in-Less-Than-A-Year things. That’s how I remembered it.