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Acclaimed Belfast-born singer Van Morrison has become a father again at the age of 64.
A statement posted on the singer's website announced the birth of George Ivan Morrison III to the musician and Gigi Lee, who manages him.
It described the newest Morrison, born on Monday, as "the spitting image of his daddy".
"He is a dual citizen of Northern Ireland/United Kingdom and the United States," the statement added.
A spokesman for Morrison said the couple have kept the birth location private.
Van Morrison, whose 45-year career spans soul, blues, jazz, R&B and country, has a 39-year-old daughter, singer-songwriter Shana Morrison, from his first marriage to Janet Minto.
Van Morrison was born in 1945, in Bloomfield, east Belfast, the only child of George Morrison, a shipyard worker, and Violet Stitt Morrison.
A statement posted on the singer's website announced the birth of George Ivan Morrison III to the musician and Gigi Lee, who manages him.
It described the newest Morrison, born on Monday, as "the spitting image of his daddy".
"He is a dual citizen of Northern Ireland/United Kingdom and the United States," the statement added.
A spokesman for Morrison said the couple have kept the birth location private.
Van Morrison, whose 45-year career spans soul, blues, jazz, R&B and country, has a 39-year-old daughter, singer-songwriter Shana Morrison, from his first marriage to Janet Minto.
Van Morrison was born in 1945, in Bloomfield, east Belfast, the only child of George Morrison, a shipyard worker, and Violet Stitt Morrison.