The former conductor of the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra revealed that he has an 8-year-old Israeli son. Zubin Mehta, 63, admitted he has the illegitimate child this week when an interviewer questioned him about rumors of extramarital children during his 30-year union to actress Nancy Kovack.
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