Let’s here it for these celebrity “grandpa dads” who became fathers at an age that most of us are contemplating retirement — with some fathering children in their 70s and in one case even older than that. From a host of famous rockers to Oscar-winning actors to some downright iconic cultural figures, check out these 20 dads for whom, to paraphrase Neil Young, rust didn’t sleep.

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Tony Randall
Best known for playing persnickety Felix Unger on TV's The Odd Couple, Tony Randall married Heather Hanlan, 25, when he was 75. The couple had their first child when Randall was 77, and a second when he was 78. Randall passed away in 2004 at age 84. ir first child when Randall was 77, and a second when he was 78. Randall passed away in 2004 at age 84.
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Anthony Quinn
The Oscar-winning star of such films as Zorba the Greek and The Guns of Navarone because a source of tabloid headlines in 1993 when he fathered a child with his secretary at age 78 — despite being married to someone else at the time. He and his mistress had another child in 1996, when Quinn was 81, after which he divorced his wife and married his secretary.

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Hugh Hefner
The Playboy founder, who died in September 2017 at age 91, fathered four children — the youngest of which was born when Hef was 65, during his marriage to former Playmate Kimberly Conrad.
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Pablo Picasso
The famed artist's youngest child, designer Paloma Picasso, was born when he was 68 years old.

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Charlie Chaplin
Legendary screen comedian Charlie Chaplin fathered eight children, the youngest of which was born in 1962 — when the erstwhile "Little Tramp" was 73 years old.
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Luciano Pavarotti
Legendary Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti had two children during his first marriage, which ended when he embarked on a relationship with 23-year-old Nicoletta Mantovani when he was 58. She gave birth to twins in 2003 (only one twin, daughter Alice, survived) when Pavarotti was 68. He passed away in 2007 of pancreatic cancer.

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Ronnie Wood
The Rolling Stones' guitarist was already the father of four adult children when he and third wife Sally Humphreys welcomed twins in 2015, when Wood was 68 years old.
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Mick Jagger
While Ronnie Wood may seem prolific when it comes to offspring, he can't hold a handle to his bandmate Mick Jagger, who has fathered eight children with several different women. Jagger's youngest child, Deveraux Octavian Basil Jagger, was welcomed by Sir Mick and 29-year-old girlfriend Melanie Hamrick in December 2016, when the rocker was 73 years old.
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Gary Busey
The Oscar-winning star of The Buddy Holly Story and reality show staple (The Celebrity Apprentice, Celebrity Rehab) became a late-in-life dad when he and his second wife welcomed a son in 2010, when Busey was 66.
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Warren Beatty
Warren Beatty had a reputation as Hollywood's most notorious lothario when he finally settled down and wed actress Annette Bening in 1992, when he was 55. The couple has four children, the youngest of which was born in 2000 — when Beatty was 63.

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Rupert Murdoch
The Australian media magnate whose holdings include the Fox TV network and 20th Century Fox studios has six children — one with his first wife, three with his second wife and two more with third wife Wendi Deng (whom he later divorced). Youngest daughter Chloe was born in 2003, when Murdoch was the ripe old age of 72. Now 86, Murdoch married Jerry Hall (ex-wife of Mick Jagger) in 2016.
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Paul McCartney
The former Beatle became a daddy for the fifth time when he and soon-to-be-ex-wife Heather Mills welcomed daughter Beatrice in 2003, when Sir Paul was a relatively young (for this list, anyhow) 61.

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Clint Eastwood
The Oscar-winning director and tough-guy Dirty Harry star was 63 when Eastwood (who was already the father of six) and then-wife Dana Ruiz welcomed daughter Morgan in 1996.
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Robert De Niro
Star of such cinema classics as Taxi Driver and Raging Bull, Robert De Niro was 68 when he and wife Grace Hightower welcomed a daughter, born via surrogacy.

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George Lucas
Star Wars director George Lucas and wife Melody Hobson welcomed a daughter, Everest, in 2013, when Lucas was 69.
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Rod Stewart
The British rocker has fathered eight children — his first when he was just 17). Stewart's youngest child was born a half-century later, when he was 66.

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Steve Martin
The beloved comedian waited awhile before starting a family; he became a first-time dad in 2012 at age 67.
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Elton John
Sir Elton and husband David Furnish are the fathers of two sons (born via surrogacy), the youngest born in 2013, when the "Rocket Man" singer was 65.

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Larry King
The former CNN talk show host and wife Shawn Southwick welcomed their second child in 2000, when King (now 84) was a relatively spritely youngster of 66.
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Nick Nolte
Actor Nick Nolte's first child, Brawley, was born in 1986. His second arrived nearly two decades later, with daughter Sophie arriving in 2007, when Nolte was 66.
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