Singer-songwriter Eddie Money, the hitmaker behind 1970s and 1980s songs “Take Me Home Tonight,” “Baby Hold On” and “Two Tickets to Paradise,” has died at 70.
Singer-songwriter Eddie Money, a former New York police officer who became the hitmaker behind 1970s and 1980s songs “Take Me Home Tonight,” “Baby Hold On” and “Two Tickets to Paradise,” has died. He was 70.
The musician died Friday, according to a family statement to the Associated Press. Money, whose real name was Edward Joseph Mahoney, had Stage 4 esophageal cancer. In July, after the singer had heart-valve surgery May, his family announced that he was “recovering and doing well,” but had decided to postpone all tour dates and a planned album release. “While it was a very hard decision to make,focusing on Eddie’s health is the most important thing to the family at the moment,” they said in a statement on social media.In 1987, he received a Grammy Award nomination for “Take Me Home Tonight,” which featured a cameo from Ronnie Spector.
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