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Elton John, 62, wants to adopt Ukranian toddler, Lev [video]

”Because of the traveling that I do, and the life I have, maybe it wouldn’t be the fair thing for a child. But after seeing Lev today, I would love to adopt him…. It’s so moving to see these children, to see people — like little Lev in the front row on David’s knee — smiling when he hasn’t got a mom or a dad, is one of the most moving things for me.”

Elton John, one of the world’s most famous singers and openly gay celebrities at an AIDS Foundation press conference. The boy is said to be an orphan whose parents both died from AIDS. (Associated Press)

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