Executive producer John (L) and his partner and producer David Furnish, smiles during the press conference for the film “Women Talking Dirty,” during the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto on September 17, 1999. The couple has been <a href=”https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2004/03/04/Elton-John-may-marry-gay-lover/38071078417610/”>together since</a> 1993. Photo by Christine Chew/UPI