Michael Jordan Is A Dad Again! 5 Other Stars Who Kept On Having Kids Into Their 50's

Michael Jordan is looking forward to becoming a dad for what will be the fourth time, with his much-younger wife Yvette Prieto, it was reported earlier this week. First reported by www.terezowens.com, the pregnancy comes some months after the pair tied the knot in April this year, after five years of dating,and whilst Jordan might be in his 50's now, this could very well be the founding of another family for the NBA legend.

Michael and Yvette might not be finished in the baby-making-department yet

Jordan isn't alone becoming a father well into middle age, as the celebrity world is full of older fathers. Some, like Jordan, have gone on to start new families in their advanced years following a divorce or loss of partner (or maybe even a scandal of some sort), whilst others like to leave it late before finally settling down and having offspring. Here, we look at five older gentlemen who waited until after their 50th birthday before having children.

Next page: Steve Martin

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Steve Martin took full advantage of man's ability to remain fertile well into their later years when he it was revealed in February this year that he became a father for the first time at the ripe old age of 67. He and his 41-year-old wife Anne Stringfield welcomed their first child together in December 2012, but managed to keep it quiet for a number of weeks, with the details finally emerging in February.

Martin has had to take up a new profession after becoming a father

Martin, for his own reasons, wanted to keep the birth of his first child out of the media spotlight for as long as he could, but there is one older father who couldn't wait to tell everyone that he is finally a father.

Next page: Elton John, the modern family man

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Another man who waited until his 60's until finally settling down with children, Sir Elton John had a different reason for waiting to have kids other than 'not being ready yet.' When the singer was 62, he and his partner, David Furnish, welcomed their first child into the world in 2010. Zachary was joined by their second child, Elijah, almost two years later, and there might still be more kids on the way for Elton and David.

Elton and David might still have more children to come

The modern family men went about their childbearing in a particularly novel way, using the same surrogate mother to carry their children during pregnancy. The two fathers also used a combination of their sperm to inseminate the surrogate's egg, with the intention of never finding out who is the biological father.

Next page: Bruce Willis

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Like Jordan, Bruce Willis was already a father from a previous relationship when his wife, Emma Heming, gave birth to their first child in April 2012. The Die Hard actor was 57-years-old when he welcomed his fourth daughter, Mabel Ray Willis, into the world, 22 years older than his wife Heming.

Emma gave Bruce his fourth daughter last year

His fourth daughter, Bruce followed on tradition by giving Mabel Ray an untraditional name, following suit from Rumer, Scout, and Tallulah, his three daughters with ex-wife Demi Moore.

Next page: Clint Eastwood makes it 7 kids at 66

Clint Eastwood's days of fathering children are probably well and truly behind him, but the 83-year-old sure did leave it late to finally stop having kids. He was 66 when his youngest child, daughter Morgan, was born in 1996, bringing his tally of kids to seven.

Clint might have carried on having kids into his 70's if he could

His second youngest daughter, Francesca, who was born when Clint was 63-years-old, recently made the news herself when she tied the knot with Jordan Hill, brother of Oscar-nominated actor Jonah Hill. The quickie marriage was followed up a week later by a quickie annulment.

Next page: One on the way for Simon Cowell

He might not be a dad yet, but with a child on the way Simon Cowell will very soon be a part of the fathers over fifty club when his lovechild with Lauren Silverman is born next year. A life-long bachelor, Cowell made headlines earlier this year when it emerged that he had impregnated the wife of one of his closest friends, eventually deciding to keep the child and stay with Silverman following her divorce from Andrew Silverman.

Simon and Lauren have been spending plenty of time together since the pregnancy was announced

Cowell and Silverman are expecting their child to arrive in spring next year and it has been heavily implied that the pair plan on tying the knot following the birth.