This Englishman was born in London near the end of the WW2 but prefers to be called a Scotsman.\u00a0 He left school at 15 and worked as a silk screen printer.\u00a0 He then tried his hand at professional football with Brentwood FC, worked in his fathers shop, worked as a grave digger (to overcome his fear of death), in a funeral parlour, as a fence erector and sign writer.\u00a0 He lost a law suit against Jorge Ben for copying a song.\u00a0 He slept under bridges in Paris when he was young and broke and was deported from Spain for vagrancy and lived in a houseboat which was later sunk by the police.\u00a0 He was arrested three times when he took part in sit-ins.\u00a0 \u00a0As a youngster he was very shy and suffered from nerves.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
I\u2019m talking about\u00a0Rod Stewart<\/b>.<\/p>\n
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Nicknamed \u2018Rod the Mod\u2019 in 1964 by Long John Baldry because of his dandy style and dress, Roderick David Stewart was born in London on 10th<\/sup>\u00a0January 1945 to Robert and Elsie Stewart. \u00a0Elsie was English and Robert was Scottish. \u00a0He was the youngest of five children and was spoilt as a child. \u00a0His brothers are Don and Bob; his sisters are Mary and Peggy.\u00a0 He now has eight childrenof his own.\u00a0 His children are Sarah Thubron Streeter (born 1964) born to art student Susannah Boffey; Kimberly Stewart (b. 21 August 1979) and Sean Stewart (b. 1 September 1980) born to Alana Stewart (ex-wife of actor George Hamilton); Ruby Stewart (b. 17 June 1987), born to Kelly Emberg; Renee Stewart (b. 1 June 1992), Liam McAlister Stewart (b. 4 September 1994), born to ex-wife Rachel Hunter, a model, Alistair Wallace Stewart (b. 27 November 2005) and Aiden Stewart (born 16 February, 2011), born to wife Penny Lancaster.\u00a0 He said of his kids, \u201cthey’ve grown up privileged and it’s an ongoing battle. They know the price of everything and the value of nothing\u201d.<\/p>\n Rod took up the harmonica and guitar around 1962 and teamed up with jazz singer Wizz Jones while busking around London.\u00a0 He then moved to Paris and next Barcelona.\u00a0 He was deported from Spain.<\/p>\n\n\n
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