John has had a complicated personal history in both his sexual orientation, as well as personal battles with drugs, depression, bulimia, baldness, and spending. In 2007, the Sunday Times Rich List estimated John's wealth to be £225 million and ranked
John has had a complicated personal history in both his sexual orientation, as well as personal battles with drugs, depression, bulimia, baldness, and spending. In 2007, the Sunday Times Rich List estimated John's wealth to be £225 million and ranked him as the 319th richest British person.
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John Has Had A Complicated Personal History In Both His Sexual Orientation, As Well As Personal Battles With Drugs, Depression, Bulimia, Baldness, And Spending. In 2007, The Sunday Times Rich List Estimated John's Wealth To Be £225 Million And Ranked
John has had a complicated personal history in both his sexual orientation, as well as personal battles with drugs, depression, bulimia, baldness, and spending. In 2007, the Sunday read more...
Sexual Orientation And Extended Relationships
In a 1976 Rolling Stone interview, he announced that he was bisexual. He stated his belief that everyone is bisexual to a degree. On rigid notions of macho gender expression, he read more...
Drugs, Alcohol And Health
Throughout his career, John has battled addictions to alcohol and cocaine. By 1975, the pressures of stardom began to take a serious toll on the musician. During "Elton Week" in read more...
Residence
Aside from his main home, 'Woodside' at Old Windsor in the English county of Berkshire, John splits his time in his various residences in Atlanta, Nice, Holland Park in London; and read more...
Spending
During the 2000 court case, in which John sued both his former manager John Reid, the CEO of Reid's company and accountants PricewaterhouseCoopers, he admitted spending £30 million read more...
Charity
John has long been associated with AIDS charities after the deaths of his friends Ryan White and Freddie Mercury, raising large amounts of money and using his public profile to raise read more...
Anti-religious Attitudes
Elton John said he would ban religion. In 2006 he told the Observer newspaper's Music Monthly Magazine:
read more...In The 1970s, John's Sound Immediately Set Him Apart From Most Others By Being Piano-based In A Rock 'n' Roll World Dominated By Guitars. Another Early Characteristic Was A Set Of Dynamic String Arrangements By Paul Buckmaster. Coupled With Taupin's O
In the 1970s, John's sound immediately set him apart from most others by being piano-based in a rock 'n' roll world dominated by guitars. Another early characteristic was a set of read more...
Popularity
John continues to inspire musicians today, particularly Rufus Wainwright, Ben Folds, Adrian Evans, and Ryan Adams. Thom Yorke (Radiohead), Billie-Joe Armstrong (Green Day), Dave read more...
Sir Elton Hercules John CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947) is an English pop/rock singer, composer and pianist.
In his four-decade career, John has been one read more...