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You
are never too old to be a parent. At least that's the message
global media baron Rupert Murdoch seems to be sending out
to other septuagenarians. The News Corp owner became a father
of a nine-pound girl on Monday evening in New York. His
third wife Wendi Deng delivered a healthy baby who has since
been named Grace Helen, according to media reports.
Grace
Helen Murdoch is Rupert Murdoch's fifth child and first
through Wendi. His eldest is Prudence MacLeod (38) through
first wife Patricia, Elisabeth (33), Lachlan (30), and James
Murdoch (28) were born during his 31 year marriage with
second wife Anna, who he divorced two years ago surprisingly
to marry Wendi who worked within Star TV in Asia.
Sources
indicate that Grace will be handed a stake in News Corp
some time in future through Murdoch's holding company Cruden
Investments.
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The parents at the time of their wedding two years
ago
Pix courtesy: The Guardian, London
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Additionally,
Grace is likely to inherit a 10 per cent stake in
Cruden held by Rupert's mother Dame Elizabeth Murdoch.
Cruden Investment's holds a 30 per cent stake in News
Corp.
News
Corp is run by President & COO Peter Chernin,
though Lachlan and James both hold key position in
the Murdoch empire. His daughter Elisabeth runs a
production house independent of her father's media
interests, while eldest daughter Prudence also does
her own thing.
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This is what she had told AFP a couple of years ago describing
her father: "I'm
sure he can be unpleasant, but dad is not evil... he is
very fit and very much in control of everybody and he ain't
going to retire. I can't ever see him slowing down."
Shall we say Amen to that?
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