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Eddie Murphy welcomes ninth child

FILE - In this April 12, 2015, file photo, actor Eddie Murphy talks with his girlfriend Paige Butcher during an NBA basketball game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Dallas Mavericks.
FILE - In this April 12, 2015, file photo, actor Eddie Murphy talks with his girlfriend Paige Butcher during an NBA basketball game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Dallas Mavericks. AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File

LOS ANGELES – Eddie Murphy is now a father of nine.

Murphy’s publicist says the 55-year-old actor and his 36-year-old girlfriend Paige Butcher have welcomed their first child together, Izzy Oona Murphy. The baby girl was born Tuesday morning.

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Publicist Arnold Robinson says both mother and daughter are doing well.

Murphy has eight other children, including five with ex-wife Nicole Mitchell, who was married to Murphy from 1993 to 2006.

This is the first child for Butcher.

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