Eddie Money, singer of Two Tickets to Paradise, dead at 70, one month after announcing he had oesophageal cancer
- Rock musician, whose hits were part of the soundtrack of the late 1970s and early 1980s, announced last month that he had oesophageal cancer
- After release of his debut album in 1977, Money went on to sell 28 million records
American musician Eddie Money, whose hits including Two Tickets to Paradise and Baby Hold On formed part of the rock and power pop soundtrack of the late 1970s and early 1980s, died on Friday at 70, his family said in a statement released to US media.
“The Money family regrets to announce that Eddie passed away peacefully early this morning,” the statement said.
Money announced in August that he had oesophageal cancer during the taping of an episode of his reality television series Real Money. That episode aired on Thursday night on AXS TV.
“I thought I was just going in to get a check-up, and he told me I got cancer,” Money said on the show, adding that the news hit him “really, really hard”.
He decided to reveal the diagnosis because “I want to be honest with everybody.”
“I want people to know that cancer’s come a long way and not everybody dies from cancer like they did in the ’50s and ’60s. Am I going to live a long time? Who knows, it’s in God’s hands. But you know what? I’ll take every day I can get. Every day above ground is a good day,” Money said.