Answer:
A gentleman whose offspring have successfully produced offspring of their own.
What gets broken when you don't hold it?
I am someone you don't know. Who am i?
I am million people's wakeup call. What am I?
What breaks in the water but never on land?
I am the fountain from which no one can drink. For many I am considered a necessary link. Like gold to all I am sought for, but my continued death brings wealth for all to want more.