Melissa Etheridge reveals David Crosby was sperm donor for many couples: ‘We’re still finding kids’

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People on Tuesday. “My daughter’s like, ‘I have another half-sister.’ “Crosby, who died last year from complications of COVID-19 at age 81, famously donated sperm to Etheridge and her former partner, Julie Cypher, who became parents to two children, Bailey and Beckett, with his help.

Beckett later died of a drug overdose in 2020 at the age of 21.Crosby had four more children, sons James and Django and daughters Erika and Donovan, from other relationships.

Etheridge — whose documentary “Melissa Etheridge: I’m Not Broken” premieres July 9 on Paramount+ — told People that Crosby’s wife, Jan Dance, who is the mother of his son Django, suggested the sperm donor idea to her.“They had just had help having their son and they appreciated that.

They wanted to pay it forward,” said Etheridge.“He did not need to be [a father],” the “Breathe” singer added about Crosby. “And that’s what really made it clear for me, was that he was willing to say, ‘Yeah, I was the biological father.’ And my kids call him bio dad, so he’s the biological father, but they didn’t need a relationship with him.”She also said that Crosby “really taught me about generosity” when he helped her create a family.“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,” Etheridge said about Cypher, who she split from in 2000.“So we weren’t going to go to a sperm bank because she wanted them to know,” Etheridge added.Etheridge and Crosby spoke about his generosity in a 2000 interview with CBS News.“Was there any hesitation in my mind about trying to help them?