Van Morrison, 64, shown here in October in New York, has become a father for the fourth time with the birth of a son. (Richard Drew/Associated Press)Veteran singer Van Morrison, 64, has become a father for the fourth time, joining a long list of celebrities, including Mick Jagger and Michael Douglas, who became parents later in life.
The Belfast-born singer's partner and manager, Gigi Lee, gave birth to George Ivan Morrison III on Monday, Morrison announced on his website.
The statement described "Little Van" as "the spitting image of his daddy."
The child is a dual citizen of the United Kingdom and the United States, the statement added.
Morrison's publicist, Phil Lobel, told the London Daily Mail that the notoriously private singer has not divulged where his son was born.
Morrison, whose career has spanned 45 years, has a 39-year-old daughter, singer-songwriter Shana Morrison, from his first marriage to Janet Minto.
He also has two children with his ex-girlfriend, former Miss Ireland Michelle Rocca.
Born George Ivan Morrison in Belfast in 1945, Morrison shot to fame in the mid-1960s as lead singer of the Northern Ireland band Them, with which he recorded his classic song Gloria.
His career took off as a solo artist with the 1967 release of the single Brown Eyed Girl.
Morrison was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993 but declined to attend the ceremony.
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