The late musician David Crosby’s impact on the world extended far beyond his iconic musical career, according to his friend and collaborator Melissa Etheridge, Crosby has helped many couples welcome children into their lives as a sperm donor.

Etheridge revealed that Crosby’s widow, Jan Dance, suggested he be Etheridge’s donor when she and her former partner, Julie Cypher, wanted to have children. “They had just had help having their son, and they appreciated that,” Etheridge told People. “They wanted to pay it forward. We’re still finding kids from David Crosby out in the world. My daughter’s like, ‘I have another half-sister.'”

Crosby is the biological father of Etheridge’s daughter, Bailey, and her late son, Beckett, who passed away in 2020 from causes related to opioid addiction. Etheridge shared that Cypher, who had been adopted, wanted her children to know their biological father, which led...