"Take Me Home Tonight" singer Eddie Money dies at 70

(Image credit: Rob Kim/Getty Images)

last updated 13 September 2019

1970s and '80s pop star Eddie Money died at 70 on Friday, his family said in a statement to Variety.

The "Two Tickets to Paradise" and "Take Me Home Tonight" singer "passed away peacefully early this morning," his family said. The news comes shortly after Money postponed his ongoing tour in July, and after he later revealed his stage 4 esophageal cancer diagnosis.

Money was born in Brooklyn, New York and grew up on Long Island, but moved to the Bay Area when he started to pursue a musical career. His breakout success came with his self-titled debut album in 1977, which featured the charting singles "Two Tickets to Paradise" and "Baby Hold On." He again had a hit with 1986's "Take Me Home Tonight." Money has since been public about his drug and alcohol abuse during those years, but he underwent rehab in the early 2000s. Since 2018, Money and his family had appeared on a reality TV show called Real Money.

Subscribe to The Week

Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE

https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/flexiimages/jacafc5zvs1692883516.jpg

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

Explore More

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.

Subscribe to The Week

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters

Sign up for Today's Best Articles in your inbox