Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Mike Tyson is getting another chance at fatherhood


More than a year since the tragic death of his young daughter, Mike Tyson is getting another chance at fatherhood.  The former heavyweight champion, 44, and his third wife, Lakiha (Kiki) Spicer are expecting a baby boy, 33, RadarOnline.com reported.

According to the gossip website, Spicer, 33, is five-months pregnant. It will be the eighth child for Tyson.
The new arrival will be a heartwarming addition for Tyson, whose 4-year-old daughter, Exodus, died in May 2009 after accidentally getting her neck wrapped in the cord of an exercise machine.

The young girl's mother, whose name was never released, called 911 and administered CPR after Exodus was found in the playroom in her Phoenix home.  Less than two weeks after the heartbreaking accident, Tyson wed Spicer in a private ceremony at the Las Vegas Hilton hotel.

During a May appearance on "The View," the boxer revealed that he was "totally destitute and broke."
"But I have an awesome life, I have an awesome wife who cares about me," he said. "I'm totally broke. I had a lot of fun. It just happened."  He added, "I don't deserve to have the wife that I have; I don't deserve the kids that I have, but I do, and I'm very grateful."

Tyson's tumultuous first marriage to actress Robin Givens ended after one year in 1989. During a joint interview on "20/20" in 1998, Givens called her then-eight-month-old marriage to Tyson "torture, pure hell, worse than anything I could possibly imagine."  His five-year marriage to second wife, pediatric health care worker Monica Turner, ended in 2003.

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