Melissa Etheridge remembers friend David Crosby, the biological father of two of her children

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Following the death of folk-rock singer David Crosby at age 81, his friend and fellow musician Melissa Etheridge spoke out about the loss and the special connection they shared. Crosby was the biological father of the two children Etheridge shared with her ex-partner, Julie Cypher. "I am grieving the loss of my friend, and Bailey's and Beckett's biological father, David," Etheridge wrote in an Instagram post on Thursday. In a 2000 interview with CBS News' "60 Minutes," Etheridge, Cypher and the Crosbys opened up about their families. Julie Cypher, Melissa Etheridge, and David and Jan Crosby in Los Angeles in 2000.
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