David Walter Foster, OC, OBC (born November 1, 1949), is a Canadian musician, record producer, composer, singer, songwriter, and arranger, noted for discovering singers such as Michael Bublé, Josh Groban, and Charice Pempengco; and for producing some of the most successful artists in the world, such as Céline Dion, Toni Braxton, Madonna, Air Supply and Michael Jackson. Foster has won 16 Grammy Awards from 47 nominations.
Foster has been married four times, has five biological daughters, an ex-stepdaughter, and two ex-stepsons. Foster has a daughter, Allison Jones (b. April 6, 1970). His first marriage was to singer/writer B.J. Cook. She already had a daughter, Tamre Winger, whom he raised. Together, B.J. Cook and Foster had one daughter, Amy Foster (b. July 29, 1973), a songwriter who has collaborated with classic artists such as Andrea Bocelli, Michael Bublé, and Josh Groban. His second wife was model Rebecca Dyer. They had three daughters: Sara Foster (b. August 24, 1981), Erin Foster (b. August 24, 1983), and Jordan Foster (b. September 1986).[13] Foster married third wife Linda Thompson on June 27, 1991. The two became a songwriting team, collaborating on several songs including "I Have Nothing," performed by Whitney Houston in The Bodyguard, and "Grown-Up Christmas List." Thompson filed for divorce Monday July 11, 2005, the day after her short-lived reality series, The Princes of Malibu premiered.[13] Thompson is the mother of Brody Jenner and Brandon Jenner from her previous marriage to former Olympian Bruce Jenner.
He married model Yolanda Hadid in Beverly Hills on November 11, 2011 in a star-studded 11/11/11-themed ceremony with food by guest Wolfgang Puck and music by many of Foster's friends, including 11-year-old Jackie Evancho, Andrea Bocelli, Michael Bublé, Natalie Cole, Donna Summer, Peter Cetera, Baby Face, Kenny G, the Canadian Tenors, Neil Sedaka, Avril Lavigne, Kate Hudson. Other guests included Barbra Streisand, James Brolin, Oprah Winfrey, Muhammad Ali, Bo Derek, Suzanne Somers, Steve Wynn and Brian Mulroney.[14]
Foster's sister, producer Jaymes Foster, is the mother of Clay Aiken's son Parker Foster Aiken.[15] David's cousin, Billy Foster, died in a race car accident in 1967.
In 1992, David Foster was driving on the Pacific Coast Highway when his car struck actor Ben Vereen, who had been on the road because he had crashed his car and was in a daze. Despite being thrown 90 feet, Vereen survived. Vereen also went on record to say that it probably saved his life: he had a serious drinking problem caused by the death of his daughter.
