Renate Blauel is mainly a sound technician. She is a German sound engineer. She worked with a lot of artists and bands such as The Human League, Chris Rea as a sound engineer. She also worked as a record producer in the industry. But apart from her career, she is highly known as singer Elton John’s ex-wife. Renate Blauel’s bio can let us know about her life in personal and professional aspects.
WIKI BIO
She was born on 1 March 1953 in Berlin, Germany. Renate Blauel’s age is now 70 years old. Her nationality is German. Her zodiac sign is Pieces. She is Christian.
EDUCATION
She completed her high school at a local high school. She is also a graduate with a bachelor’s degree.
FAMILY
There is no information found about her family or siblings till now. But in 2000, news was found about her returning to Germany to her parents to take care of them.
PERSONAL LIFE
She is mainly famous for her personal life for being the famous musician Elton John’s ex-wife. Elton John and Renate Blauel first met in 1983. That time, they met in London while Elton John was recording for his “Too low for zero” album. In the same year, Elton John released a song called “kiss The Bride” -that can be called as Elton John and Renate Blauel song, because the lyrics of that song are about wanting to kiss the bride, just as what Elton John did after a year. Elton John proposed to her on February 10, 1984, in an Indian restaurant. Renate accepted the proposal. The next day, they got engaged in a private ceremony. Just three days after their engagement, Elton John married Renate Blauel on Valentine’s Day, in 1984. Elton John and Renate Blauel’s wedding was held at St. Mark’s Anglican church in Darlinghurst which is an inner city of Sydney, Australia. At that time, Elton John was 36 years old and Renate Blauel was 28.
But Elton John and Renate Blauel’s marriage did not end well and they got divorced four years after their marriage. The couple don’t have any child together. Rumors said that the marriage was only a coverup for John’s actual homosexuality. Later, John admitted that he couldn’t declare his actual sexuality in front of the world before but in 1976, he accepted the fact in front of the world that he was gay, not even bisexual and he always had been. Some of his friend circles also confirmed the fact. In 2008, in an interview with ‘The Australian’, a question was raised about why Elton John married Renate Blauel. He replied that he had enough boyfriends, which did not make him happy and he thought that having a wife will change everything. But that did not happen and he regrets hurting Renate throughout the years. In 2014, Elton John married David Furnish after being in a civil relationship with him.
Renate Blauel’s divorce settlement with Elton John was 5 million euros. They also had an agreement not sharing personal details of their marriage publicly. After her divorce, she was away from the media and music industry and didn’t work further. Even her whereabouts were also unknown. But then her information about living in England was found, that too in a house brought by Elton John.
CAREER
During her career, she worked as a sound technician or tape operator. But she aspired to become a record producer. With Croatia Records, she worked for the first time in the music industry. She worked as recording engineer with Elton John. When she was 22, she went to London to begin her profession. To enroll herself in a course of audio engineering, she left her job in 1977. After entering the industry, she worked with several bands and artists like Mike Oldfield, Piet Veerman, The Blues Band etc.
BODY MEASUREMENTS
Height: 5ft 5 inches (165 cm)
Weight: 64kg
Eye color: blue
Hair color: greyish white
Shoe size: 6
NETWORTH
Renate Blauel’s net worth as of 2020 is 5 million euros which is just a rough estimation.
CONCLUSION
Though Renate Blauel made remarkable contributions to the music industry, she is mainly known for being Elton John’s ex-spouse. And she maintained a private life after her divorce away from the industry.
UNKNOWN FACTS
- She loves to read books
- Loves to cook
- Admires Freddie Mercury, who is the lead vocalist of the rock band called ‘Queen’
- Her favorite color is dark blue
- Her favorite food is Italian Cuisine
