Singer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/music">Melissa Etheridge</a> said her children’s sperm donor, the late musician <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities">David Crosby</a>, also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fatherhood">fathered</a> many other children the same way.
The 63-year-old recording artist discussed the situation with People magazine while promoting her upcoming docuseries, “Melissa Etheridge: I’m Not Broken,” which will air on Paramount+.  
&#8220;The situation was special with my partner at the time because she had been adopted and she wanted her children to know who their biological father was,&#8221; Etheridge told <a href="https://people.com/melissa-etheridge-says-david-crosby-quietly-helped-many-couples-have-kids-8672159">People</a> of deciding to have children with ex-girlfriend Julie Cypher. &#8220;So we weren&#8217;t going to go to a sperm bank because she wanted them to know.&#8221;
She added, &#8220;To me, I didn&#8217;t want someone who wanted to be a father&#8230; I didn&#8217;t want all of a sudden my children to have&#8230;&#8217;Oh, there&#8217;s dad.&#8217; And who am I? That sort of thing.&#8221;
Etheridge said Crosby’s wife, Jan Dance, was the one who suggested he become their sperm donor. She had two children via Crosby’s donation: Bailey, age 27, and Beckett, who died of a drug overdose in 2020.
&#8220;They had just had help having their son and they appreciated that. They wanted to pay it forward,&#8221; she told the outlet. &#8220;We&#8217;re still finding kids from David Crosby out in the world. My daughter&#8217;s like, &#8216;I have another half-sister.'&#8221;  
&#8220;He did not need to be [a father]. And that&#8217;s what really made it clear for me, was that he was willing to say, &#8216;Yeah, I was the biological father.&#8217; And my kids call him bio dad, so he&#8217;s the biological father, but they didn&#8217;t need a relationship with him,&#8221; Etheridge went on.
Crosby died in January 2023 from complications related to COVID, per his family. Etheridge posted about it on social media, calling him, “the gift” of her family.
&#8220;I am grieving the loss of my friend, and Bailey&#8217;s and Beckett&#8217;s biological father, David,&#8221; Etheridge wrote on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CnnTfhRrqng/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading">Instagram</a>.
&#8220;He gave me the gift of family. I will forever be grateful to him, [son] Django, and [wife] Jan. His music and legacy will inspire many generations to come. A true treasure.&#8221;
Crosby is known for being a member of the Byrds in the mid-1960s and later of the group Crosby, Stills &amp; Nash, which became massively popular with their California rock music in the 1970s.

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