Robert Downey Jr. and Wife Expecting Second Child

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By Anne Cohen July 10, 2014

Mazel tov to Robert Downey Jr. and Susan Downey!

Iron Man and his real life Pepper Pots are expecting a baby girl. The 49-year-old actor announced the news on Facebook on July 9.

Post by Robert Downey Jr.

And sent out a tweet, just to be sure:

Yo. Susan. Me. Baby. Girl. November. Scorpio?

— Robert Downey Jr (@RobertDowneyJr) July 9, 2014

The couple, who met in 2003, were married in a Jewish ceremony at Amagansett, New York in 2005. Susan Downey gave birth to their first son together, Exton Elias Downey, in February 2012.

Anne Cohen was the Forward’s deputy digital media editor. When she’s not looking for the secret Jewish history of Voodoo in New Orleans, or making lists about Ruth Bader Ginsburg, she writes for The Assimilator. She graduated from the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism with an M.S. magazine concentration in 2012.

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