In a world where US birth rates were declining, one man decided to embark on a heroic journey to father as many children as he could. That man is called Robert De Niro and he has just had his seventh child at the grand old age of 79.
He added of his decision to become a father again at 79, “When you're older you have awareness of certain things in life, dynamics, everything, family dynamics. You can't avoid learning certain things and how you can deal with those and manage them and this and that, the usual.”
Just weeks after Robert De Niro dropped a bombshell that he recently became a father again at the age of 79—another aging Hollywood legend comes out with some news of his own. 83-year-old Al Pacino is expecting a baby with his 29-year-old girlfriend Noor Alfallah.
Robert De Niro, Bernie Ecclestone, Mick Jagger and Ronnie Wood all welcomed children past the age of 70. Al Pacino has welcomed his fourth child at the age of 83, according to his publicist. The Hollywood star is the proud father of a son named Roman with his partner, 29-year old Noor Alfallah.
Al Pacino to be a dad at 82; actor set to welcome child with 29-year-old girlfriend. Congratulations are in order for Hollywood legend Al Pacino, who is just a month away from welcoming his fourth child at the age of 82.
Robert De Niro is getting candid about his parenting responsibilities. The 80-year-old actor, who welcomed his seventh baby, daughter Gia Virginia, in April, his first with girlfriend Tiffany Chen, recently opened up about life with his new little one, telling The Guardian it's "going okay."
What's the oldest age a man can get a woman pregnant?
It is still possible for men to father a child in their 50s and older. According to Guinness World Records, the oldest man to father a child was 92 years old at the time of the birth. Still, researchers have found that a man's age can affect a couple's chances of becoming pregnant.
Celebrity Dads Who Welcomed Babies in Their 70s: Robert De Niro, Richard Gere, More. Some of Hollywood's biggest stars welcomed children later in life. Robert De Niro, Richard Gere, David Foster and more A-listers became fathers again in their 70s.
An 11-year-old boy from Auckland, New Zealand, has become the world's youngest father after having a child with the 36-year-old mother of his school friend. The schoolboy and the baby are now both believed to be in care. The woman is facing criminal charges.
Al Pacino has welcomed his fourth child at the age of 83, according to his publicist. The Hollywood star's partner, 29-year old Noor Alfallah, has given birth to a son named Roman. Pacino's publicist, Stan Rosenfield, confirmed the news to The Associated Press.
Although there is no maximum age for a man to become a father, it does come with some health risks, including risk of prematurity and low birth weight.
At what age do men stop producing sperm? Men typically never stop producing sperm, but there is a measurable decline in sperm quality as a man ages. The World Health Organization (WHO) has a set of benchmarks, known as semen parameters, for healthy sperm, including count, morphology (shape), and motility (movement).
CHILE (CBS) -- When 92-year-old Estela Melendez went to a hospital in Chile after a recent fall, she received some very odd news. Doctors discovered a calcified fetus in her womb that had been there for over a half century.
Research shows that not having kids can raise the risk of certain health issues, like breast cancer. However, having kids can also raise the risk of cardiovascular disease for some women, and in others it can lead to chronic pain.
He'll be joined in the late fatherhood club by his occasional co-star Robert De Niro, who last month confirmed he is fathering his seventh child at age 79. The pair certainly aren't the first old dads: several other male actors, musicians, and even US presidents have had kids late in life.
Sarah Jessica Parker was 44 when she welcomed twins via surrogate in 2009. Parker, now 58, gave birth to her first child, her son James, in 2002. Seven years later, a 44-year-old Parker and her husband, Matthew Broderick, announced the birth of their twin daughters, Marion and Tabitha.
A Brazilian actress got pregnant naturally at age 55 in a 1 in a million situation — and then gave birth to a healthy baby. The Brazilian TV star Cláudia Raia was 56 when she delivered a healthy baby boy, she said. An OB-GYN said the chances of a healthy delivery at that age were below one in a million.
Robert De Niro is opening up about life with a newborn at 79. Appearing on TODAY on Thursday, the About My Father actor opened up about welcoming daughter Gia Virginia Chen De Niro, 8 weeks, with girlfriend Tiffany Chen "at this stage and age."
These blended bunches and tight-knit homes have a lot to learn from their highly experienced dads. Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Clint Eastwood and Alec Baldwin are just a few A-list actors who have become dads by welcoming children later in life: read on to meet more members of Hollywood's older dads club.
Allegedly Vassilyev also had six sets of twins and two sets of triplets with a second wife, for another 18 children in eight births; he fathered a total of 87 children. The claim is disputed as records at this time were not well kept.
