Renate Blauel

Renate Ruth Margot Blauel (born 1 March 1953) is a German music engineer.
Career
Already a sound engineer, she had engineered albums including Hysteria for the Human League and Croatia Records. She met Elton John whilst she was working as a recording engineer on his 1983 album Too Low for Zero in Sydney, Australia. John admitted that his bisexuality was a "compromise". They were married on Valentine's Day, 1984, in Sydney, after he had proposed to her four days earlier in a restaurant. Attendees included Olivia Newton-John. A second service was held for John's family members in the United Kingdom a few days later. She also worked as a recording engineer on John's 1984 album Breaking Hearts. Their marriage was dissolved on 18 November 1988, when they both felt that John could no longer deny his sexual orientation. After that, John only dated men.
 
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