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Born to Peter Michael Escovedo III and Karen Moss on Sept. 21, 1981, Nicole was adopted at age 9 by R&B singer Lionel Richie and his then-wife Brenda Harvey Richie. (The pair were married from ...
(Lionel and his then-wife, Brenda Harvey-Richie, made the adoption legal when Nicole was 9.) "Nicole was actually a godsend. She was a little girl who needed a shot,” Lionel told People in ...
On October 18, 1975, Richie married his college sweetheart, Brenda Harvey. In 1983, the couple informally adopted Nicole Camille Escovedo (now Nicole Richie), the two-year-old daughter of a member of Richie's band, who is also the niece of drummer Sheila E. The Richies raised Nicole as their daughter and adopted her legally when she was nine ...
Nicole came into the lives of Lionel Richie, 74, and his then-wife, composer Brenda Harvey Richie, when she was a toddler. Lionel Richie recalled first seeing little Nicole at a Prince concert.
When she was three years old, her biological parents decided to leave her under the care of Lionel Richie and his first wife Brenda Harvey Richie's family because they could not afford to provide for her. [6] Lionel and Brenda Harvey Richie became her guardians. [7] His 1986 hit song "Ballerina Girl" was written about Nicole. [8] [9] [10]
"You Are" is a song released as a single in 1983 by American singer-songwriter Lionel Richie. It was written by Richie and his then-wife, Brenda Harvey Richie. It appears on his self-titled debut solo album, which came out in 1982.
Lionel and his wife adopted Nicole Richie when she was nine years old. Jean Baptiste/Getty Images. ... she was under the care of Lionel Richie and his then-wife, Brenda Harvey Richie. The couple ...
Louder Than Words is the fourth studio album by American singer Lionel Richie.It was released by Mercury Records on April 16, 1996, in the United States. The album marked Richie's debut with the record label as well as his first album of new material in 10 years after a longer hiatus during which he went through a much-publicized divorce from his first wife Brenda Harvey and the loss of his ...