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Eddie Money has sadly died.

The “Two Tickets to Paradise” singer died on Friday (September 13) at the age of 70, his family confirmed in a statement.

“The Money Family regrets to announce that Eddie passed away peacefully early this morning. It is with heavy hearts that we say goodbye to our loving husband and father. We cannot imagine our world without him. We are grateful that he will live on forever through his music,” they said.

Eddie chronicled his health struggles in a reality TV series called Real Money, which premiered in April last year.

Eddie gained notoriety with hits like “Baby Hold On” and “Take Me Home Tonight” with Ronnie Spector, and released 11 albums in his career beginning in 1977 with his self-titled debut.

Our thoughts are with Eddie Money‘s loved ones at this difficult time.

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Eddie Money, the rocker best known for songs like “Take Me Home Tonight” and “Two Tickets to Paradise,” has been diagnosed with Stage 4 esophageal cancer.

The 70-year-old singer revealed the sad news in a clip from his TV series Real Money, which airs on AXS.

“I thought I was going in for a check-up and [the doctor] told me I have cancer,” Eddie said (via Rolling Stone). “We found out that I had cancer and that it was stage 4 and that it was in my liver and my lymph nodes and a little bit in my stomach… It hit me really, really hard.”

His wife Laurie added, “Eddie has been diagnosed with Stage 4 esophageal cancer. It’s in his esophagus, it’s in the top of his stomach – it’s where the tumor is – and it’s also spread to his liver.”

Eddie canceled his summer tour dates after having heart valve surgery.

“What I don’t want to do is I don’t want to keep the fact that I have cancer from everybody,” he said. “It’s not honest. I want to be honest with everybody. I want people to know that cancer [treatment] has come a long way and not everybody dies from cancer like they did in the Fifties and Sixties. Am I going to live a long time? Who knows? It’s in God’s hands.”