Elyn Diamond: Where is Neil Diamond’s daughter now?

Elyn Diamond is the daughter of legendary American Neil Diamond. Elyn Diamond’s father is one of the best-selling musicians of all time after selling more than 130 million records worldwide. Thirty-eight songs by Diamond have reached the top 10 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary charts. For his craft as a songwriter, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1984 and also into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2011.

Elyn Diamond: Bio Summary

How old is Neil Diamond’s daughter?

Elyn Diamond was born on November 6, 1968, in New York, United States of America per sources. She is the daughter of  Neil Diamond, and his first wife Jayne Posner. As of 2023, she is 55 years old. She is the second child of the couple- Her elder sister is  Marjorie Diamond. She also has two half-siblings from her father’s second marriage – They are Micah Diamond and Jesse Diamond. Her mother Jayne Posner was a school teacher.

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Her Parents were high school Sweethearts

Elyn Diamond’s parents were high school sweethearts. The former love birds meet a summer after graduation when the singer was working as a waiter in the Catskills resort area. With songs and poems, the Songwriter won the heart of his first wife.

Elyn Diamond’s mother was the inspiration for her famous singer father’s first love song – Hear Them Bells, a little-remembered ditty that goes: “My darling, I need you more each day/ I’d be contented dear, if only you’d say/ I’ll be yours forever, sweetheart”. The sentiments worked sufficiently well for them to marry in their early twenties.

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The couple tied the knot in 1963 to cement their love. That same year, Neil Diamond who was signed to Columbia a year before released the single “At Night” with “Clown Town”; Billboard gave a laudatory review to “Clown Town”, and Cashbox was complimentary to both sides, but it still failed to make the charts. Columbia dropped him from their label and he went back to writing songs in and out of publishing houses.

Elyn’s parents separated four years into the marriage and ended everything two years later in 1969. The reason behind their divorce was not made public but their father tied the knot in December of the same year with production assistant Marcia Murphey. After the separation, Elyn Diamond and her sister Marjorie lived in New Jersey with their mother and stepfather. Still, Neil tried to be a good dad to his kids.

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Elyn Diamond is a married woman

Per Amomama, Neil Diamond’s daughter got married in 2005. Elyn tied the knot with producer Mitchel Resnick and took his last name, making her Elyn Diamond Resnick. Later that same year, on December 20, Elyn gave birth to her daughter, Avery Max. Aside from that, not much is known about her marriage and family.

Where is Neil Diamond’s daughter now Elyn now?

Though Neil Diamond’s youngest daughter from his first marriage stays away from the spotlight, she supported her father’s singing career for many years and would cheer for him on tour. In 2014, the daughter of the legendary singer joined the Taylor Smith Pie Smash Challenge and gave the public a glimpse of her days.

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In the short clip uploaded online, Elyn appeared with two young girls presumably her kids and commented that she wished to have done more. The viral challenge helped support Smith’s TBI recovery and rehabilitation.

This is not the only charity support Elyn is known to have been associated with. In 1996, she was known to have headed a foundation for abused kids per PEOPLE. She also utilizes her Facebook page for posting about charitable activities and fundraising.

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Though Elyn Diamond loved living a quiet life away from the cameras she has made some public appearances with her father. She appeared with her father during a Sony concert at Lincoln Center in 1993 and a Children Who Never Forget Foundation benefit in 2000. The father and daughter appear to be very close.