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Eddie Murphy to wed girlfriend Edmonds

OK! reports engagement; 8-carat diamond ring does the trick

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Eddie Murphy and girlfriend Tracey Edmonds at the premiere of “Who's Your Caddy” on July 23 in Los Angeles.
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updated 11:16 a.m. ET July 30, 2007

LOS ANGELES - Eddie Murphy is engaged.

The star of such films as “Norbit” and “Dreamgirls” proposed to his girlfriend Tracey Edmonds according to OK! magazine.

Murphy began dating Edmonds, the ex-wife of music producer Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds, 10 months ago, following a relationship with Spice Girl Mel B, with whom he fathered a baby girl.

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OK! reports that Murphy proposed to Tracey with a Cartier yellow diamond ring weighing around 8 carats.

The couple will reportedly say their “I do’s” before year’s end.

Murphy’s divorce with Nicole Mitchell, the mother of five of his children, was made final in April 2006.

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