Eddie Money

Edward Joseph Mahoney was born in Manhattan, New York City on March 21, 1949, to a large family of Irish Catholic descent. His parents were Dorothy Elizabeth ({{nee|Keller}}), a homemaker, and Daniel Patrick Mahoney, a police officer.{{Cite news |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/13/arts/music/eddie-money-dead.html |title = Eddie Money, 'Two Tickets to Paradise' Singer, Is Dead at 70 |first = Neil |last = Genzlinger |work = The New York Times |date = September 13, 2019 |access-date = September 15, 2019 |archive-date = September 13, 2019 |archive-url = https://archive.today/20190913200740/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/13/arts/music/eddie-money-dead.html |url-status = live }}{{Cite magazine |url = https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/eddie-money-talks-hit-songs-new-reality-show-real-money-w519120 |title = Eddie Money Talks New Reality Show and Why He'll Never Retire |first = Jason |last = Newman |magazine = Rolling Stone |date = April 25, 2018 |access-date = May 17, 2018 |archive-date = May 17, 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180517153437/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/eddie-money-talks-hit-songs-new-reality-show-real-money-w519120 |url-status = dead }}{{Cite web |url = https://alibi.com/music/55841/Because-I-Cant-Get-Enough.html |title = Music Interview: Eddie Money |work = Alibi.com |date = April 26, 2018 |access-date = May 17, 2018 |archive-date = August 24, 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190824232929/https://alibi.com/music/55841/Because-I-Cant-Get-Enough.html |url-status = live }} He grew up in Levittown, New York,{{Cite news |url = https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/music/eddie-money-dead-1.36255622 |title = Reports: LI-raised rocker Eddie Money has died |first = Rafer |last = Guzmán |work = Newsday |date = September 13, 2019 |access-date = September 13, 2019 |archive-date = September 14, 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190914012311/https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/music/eddie-money-dead-1.36255622 |url-status = live }} but spent some teenage years in Woodhaven, Queens, New York City. Money was a street singer from the age of eleven. As a teenager, he played in rock bands, in part to get dates from cheerleaders. He was thrown out of one high school for forging a report card.{{Cite news |last=Hall |first=Kristin M. |date=September 13, 2019 |title=Eddie Money, 'Two Tickets to Paradise' singer, dies at 70 |publisher=Associated Press | work= apnews.com |url=https://apnews.com/dd4e6aeded69408c9efc4566661d009e |url-status=live |access-date=September 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190913152917/https://apnews.com/dd4e6aeded69408c9efc4566661d009e |archive-date=September 13, 2019}} In 1967, he graduated from Island Trees High School.

At the age of 18, he tried to follow in the footsteps of his grandfather, father, and brother as a New York City Police Department trainee.{{Cite news |url = https://nypost.com/2019/09/13/nypd-clears-up-eddie-money-cop-mystery/ |title = NYPD clears up Eddie Money cop mystery |last1 = Fitz-Gibbon |first1 = Jorge |work = New York Post |last2 = Italiano |first2 = Laura |date = September 14, 2019 |access-date = September 14, 2019 |archive-date = September 14, 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190914052506/https://nypost.com/2019/09/13/nypd-clears-up-eddie-money-cop-mystery/ |url-status = live }} However, after working as a clerk and typist, he left in 1968 to pursue a career in music, as the police did not allow him to grow his hair long.{{cite news |url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/eddie-money-singer-behind-take-me-home-tonight-and-two-tickets-to-paradise-dies-at-70/2019/09/13/3fdc6b0c-c8e5-11e9-a1fe-ca46e8d573c0_story.html |title = Eddie Money, singer behind 'Take Me Home Tonight' and 'Two Tickets to Paradise,' dies at 70 |first = Harrison |last = Smith |newspaper = The Washington Post |date = September 13, 2019 |access-date = September 15, 2019 |archive-date = September 16, 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190916022953/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/eddie-money-singer-behind-take-me-home-tonight-and-two-tickets-to-paradise-dies-at-70/2019/09/13/3fdc6b0c-c8e5-11e9-a1fe-ca46e8d573c0_story.html |url-status = live }} "I couldn't see myself in a police uniform for 20 years of my life, with short hair," he later said. His bandmates also fired him because they did not want a police officer in the group. His father was not happy with his decision to play music and tore Jimi Hendrix posters from his wall. He began studying saxophone during a brief stint at junior college, inspired by rock musicians like David Bowie and Van Morrison who occasionally used the instrument.By: Joseph Hett (13 December 2013). [https://www.musicrecallmagazine.com/interviews/interview-with-rocker-eddie-money/ Interview With Rocker Eddie Money]. Music Recall Magazine, accessed 04 October 2024

In 1968, Money moved to Berkeley, California.{{Cite news |last = Beals |first = Melba |url = https://people.com/archive/ten-years-after-he-threw-the-book-at-him-a-besieged-judge-finds-he-can-bank-on-rocker-eddie-money-vol-13-no-23/ |title = Ten Years After He Threw the Book at Him, a Besieged Judge Finds He Can Bank on Rocker Eddie Money |work = People |date = June 9, 1980 |access-date = September 15, 2019 |archive-date = October 17, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171017201753/http://people.com/archive/ten-years-after-he-threw-the-book-at-him-a-besieged-judge-finds-he-can-bank-on-rocker-eddie-money-vol-13-no-23/ |url-status = live }} There, he studied with vocal coach Judy Davis, and took on the stage name Eddie Money, dropping two letters from his last name and sarcastically referring to the fact that he was always broke.

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Money became a regular performer at clubs in the San Francisco Bay Area. After gaining the attention of Bill Graham, he secured a recording contract with Columbia Records, releasing his debut album in 1977. He charted with singles such as "Baby Hold On" and "Two Tickets to Paradise", about visiting his girlfriend despite not having money.{{cite magazine |url = https://www.billboard.com/music/eddie-money/chart-history |title = Eddie Money Chart History |magazine = Billboard |access-date = September 15, 2019 |archive-date = December 17, 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191217034444/https://www.billboard.com/music/eddie-money/chart-history |url-status = live }}

In 1978, Money opened for Santana at Boston's Music Hall. The following year, he sang backing vocals on the bridge section on "I'm Alright", a song written and performed by Kenny Loggins. In 2014, Money claimed that Loggins never gave him credit for his contribution.{{cite news |url = https://herald-review.com/blogs/tim_cain/eddie-money-vs-kenny-loggins/article_ade806d4-b04e-11e3-babf-0019bb2963f4.html |title = Eddie Money vs. Kenny Loggins |first = Tim |last = Cain |work = Herald & Review |date = March 20, 2014 |access-date = September 15, 2019 |archive-date = February 16, 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220216131452/https://herald-review.com/blogs/tim_cain/eddie-money-vs-kenny-loggins/article_ade806d4-b04e-11e3-babf-0019bb2963f4.html |url-status = live }}

In 1982, Money took advantage of the MTV music video scene with his humorous narrative videos for "Think I'm in Love", performed at The Mission Inn Hotel & Spa, and "Shakin'". In the early 1980s, he appeared on The Midnight Special, Fridays, and Solid Gold.{{cite news |url = https://www.metv.com/stories/rip-eddie-money-hit-making-rocker-of-the-1970s-and-80s |title = R.I.P. Eddie Money, hit-making rocker of the 1970s and '80s |work = MeTV |date = September 13, 2019 |access-date = September 15, 2019 |archive-date = August 14, 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200814232733/https://www.metv.com/stories/rip-eddie-money-hit-making-rocker-of-the-1970s-and-80s |url-status = live }} In 1978 and 1984, he appeared on American Bandstand.{{cite web |url = http://www.tv.com/shows/american-bandstand/eddie-money-deborah-allen-255568/ |title = American Bandstand Season 27 Episode 19 |publisher = TV.com |access-date = September 15, 2019 |archive-date = April 10, 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160410191231/http://www.tv.com/shows/american-bandstand/eddie-money-deborah-allen-255568/ |url-status = live }}

Money's career slumped following the commercially unsuccessful 1983 album Where's the Party?. However, he made a comeback in 1986 with the album Can't Hold Back, which received a music recording certification of platinum.{{Cite news |url = https://www.claremoreprogress.com/news/eddie-money-starship-featuring-mickey-thomas-to-land-in-catoosa/article_b54b1216-9fd5-11e7-b9df-effd4bacae77.html |title = Eddie Money, Starship featuring Mickey Thomas to land in Catoosa |work = Claremore Daily Progress |date = September 22, 2017 |access-date = August 26, 2019 |archive-date = August 26, 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190826030933/https://www.claremoreprogress.com/news/eddie-money-starship-featuring-mickey-thomas-to-land-in-catoosa/article_b54b1216-9fd5-11e7-b9df-effd4bacae77.html |url-status = live }} "Take Me Home Tonight", a single from the album, peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States.{{cite magazine |last1 = Caulfield |first1 = Keith |title = Eddie Money's 'Take Me Home Tonight' Streamed Over 3 Million Times in U.S. Since His Death |url = https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8530290/eddie-money-take-me-home-tonight-streamed-over-3-million-times-since-death |magazine = Billboard |access-date = September 19, 2019 |archive-date = September 18, 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190918154510/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8530290/eddie-money-take-me-home-tonight-streamed-over-3-million-times-since-death |url-status = live }} Money only agreed to perform the song{{mdash}}which included a line from "Be My Baby", a song Ronnie Spector performed as part of The Ronettes{{mdash}}after Spector agreed to sing the line herself.{{cite news |url = https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-1987-02-20-2563076-story.html |title = With His Career Recharged, Eddie Money Can't Hold Back |first = Carrie |last = Stetler |work = The Morning Call |date = February 20, 1987 |access-date = September 15, 2019 |archive-date = July 8, 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190708234632/https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-1987-02-20-2563076-story.html |url-status = live }} In 1987, Money was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance for "Take Me Home Tonight". "I Wanna Go Back" and "Endless Nights"{{mdash}}two other singles from the Can't Hold Back album{{mdash}}peaked at No. 14 and No. 21, respectively.{{Cite magazine |last = Rutherford |first = Kevin |title = Rewinding the Charts: In 1986, Eddie Money & Ronnie Spector Staged a Comeback With 'Take Me Home Tonight' |url = https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8475851/eddie-money-ronnie-spector-take-me-home-tonight-rewinding-the-charts-1986 |magazine = Billboard |access-date = August 26, 2019 |archive-date = August 30, 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190830063304/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8475851/eddie-money-ronnie-spector-take-me-home-tonight-rewinding-the-charts-1986 |url-status = live }}

In 1988, Money released Nothing to Lose, which featured the Top 10 hit "Walk on Water" and the Top 40 hit "The Love in Your Eyes".{{Cite news |url = https://www.poconorecord.com/entertainmentlife/20170518/cant-hold-back-when-eddie-money-takes-stage-at-mount-airy |title = 'Can't Hold Back' when Eddie Money takes the stage at Mount Airy |first = Jim |last = Radenhausen |work = Pocono Record |date = May 18, 2017 |access-date = August 26, 2019 |archive-date = August 26, 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190826030931/https://www.poconorecord.com/entertainmentlife/20170518/cant-hold-back-when-eddie-money-takes-stage-at-mount-airy |url-status = live }}

Beginning in 1992, Money opened the summer concert season for the Pine Knob Music Theater in Clarkston, Michigan where he would return to open the venue for 27 consecutive years.{{Cite news |url = https://www.detroitnews.com/story/obituaries/2019/09/13/eddie-money/40142395/ |title = Eddie Money, longtime fixture at Pine Knob/DTE, dies |first = Adam |last = Graham |work = The Detroit News |date = September 13, 2019 |access-date = September 16, 2019 |archive-date = September 14, 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190914013144/https://www.detroitnews.com/story/obituaries/2019/09/13/eddie-money/40142395/ |url-status = live }} In 1996, he wrote the theme music to Quack Pack, a Disney cartoon.{{Cite web |author = TOM LOUNGES |title = Money's still rockin' after all these years |url = https://www.nwitimes.com/entertainment/moneys-still-rockin-after-all-these-years/article_59949c62-d5af-5820-949f-457c23291d87.html |access-date = June 7, 2020 |website = nwitimes.com |date = May 30, 2003 |language = en |archive-date = June 7, 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200607143810/https://www.nwitimes.com/entertainment/moneys-still-rockin-after-all-these-years/article_59949c62-d5af-5820-949f-457c23291d87.html |url-status = live }}

Money was inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame in 2008. In January 2010, he performed a medley of his hit singles during the halftime performance at the Liberty Bowl.{{Cite news |url = http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/02/eddie-moneys-liberty-bowl_n_409501.html |title = Eddie Money's Liberty Bowl Halftime Show Performance VIDEO: 'Two Tickets To Paradise' |work = HuffPost |first = Whitney |last = Snyder |date = January 2, 2010 |access-date = September 9, 2012 |archive-date = February 9, 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150209014551/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/02/eddie-moneys-liberty-bowl_n_409501.html |url-status = live }}

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Money wrote and performed original songs for the films Americathon (1979), Over the Top, Back to the Beach (both 1987), and Kuffs (1992), along with the television series Hardball (1989{{ndash}}1990).{{Cite book |last = Terrace |first = Vincent |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=AU6nCgAAQBAJ |title = The Television Crime Fighters Factbook: Over 9,800 Details from 301 Programs, 1937–2003 |edition = illustrated |publisher = McFarland |page = 60 |isbn = 978-1476611433 |year = 2015 |access-date = September 13, 2019 |archive-date = September 1, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170901204359/https://books.google.com/books?id=AU6nCgAAQBAJ |url-status = live }}

In the three days following Money's death, fans streamed "Take Me Home Tonight" more than 3.1{{nbsp}}million times, which was an increase of 349 percent compared to the previous three-day period. Fans also streamed his other songs by 931 percent more than the three previous days.

To mark the fifth anniversary of Money's death in September 2024, Money's wife Laurie released Money's final recording called "Stay with Me". "I knew that he’d talked about working on this song, but I didn’t know that he’d completed his vocals on it, what the song was about, or even that it existed until nine months after he passed, when it was given to me by our friend who worked on it with him. Eddie never heard the finished song, but I know that he would’ve been very pleased with it and happy that it’s finally being released" said Laurie.{{cite news |url = https://lonestar925.iheart.com/content/2024-09-17-the-final-eddie-money-song-stay-with-me-released/ |work = Lone Star 95.2 |title = The Final Eddie Money Song, "Stay With Me", Released | date = September 17, 2024}}

Money made several screen appearances.{{Cite web |url = https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/eddie-money/credits/148451/ |title = Eddie Money |website = TV Guide |access-date = September 14, 2019 |archive-date = February 23, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230223082427/https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/eddie-money/credits/3000419056/ |url-status = live }}

In 1997, he appeared in Wonderland, a documentary film about Levittown, New York, where Money went to high school. In the film, he said if he had "two tickets to paradise, I'd probably get back to Levittown".{{Cite news |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=kOgCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA20 |title = A Suburban Safari |work = New York |date = October 27, 1997 |access-date = September 15, 2019 |archive-date = February 23, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230223082425/https://books.google.com/books?id=kOgCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA20 |url-status = live }}

Money played a fictionalized version of himself on a 1999 episode of season 5 of The Drew Carey Show. In the episode, he had been Mimi Bobeck's first husband early in his career and they were long separated but never officially divorced.{{Cite web |url = https://www.eddiemoney.com/history |title = Eddie Money – History |work = EddieMoney.com |publisher = Eddie Money |access-date = September 14, 2019 |archive-date = September 14, 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190914052914/https://www.eddiemoney.com/history |url-status = live }} In May 2002, he played himself on an episode of the sitcom The King of Queens.{{Cite news |url = https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Headliner-entertainment-announced-for-Milford-12903679.php |title = Rock headliner announced for Milford Oyster Festival |first = Jim |last = Shay |work = Connecticut Post |date = May 10, 2018 |access-date = August 26, 2019 |archive-date = August 26, 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190826031844/https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Headliner-entertainment-announced-for-Milford-12903679.php |url-status = live }}

In October 2011, Money became the host of "Money in the Morning", a radio show on WSRV. The gig lasted about three months.{{cite news |url = https://www.ajc.com/blog/music/eddie-money-has-died/Uc2vQWqIlAuJIKJRdQi36I/ |title = Eddie Money has died at 70 |first = Melissa |last = Ruggieri |work = The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |date = September 13, 2019 |access-date = September 15, 2019 |archive-date = September 16, 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190916014425/https://www.ajc.com/blog/music/eddie-money-has-died/Uc2vQWqIlAuJIKJRdQi36I/ |url-status = live }} He appeared in a 2012 GEICO insurance commercial in which he is depicted as a travel agency owner who sings "Two Tickets to Paradise" to a family that wants tickets for a vacation.

Soon after, Money partnered with Howard Perl Entertainment,{{Cite web |url = https://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2015/09/24/eddie-money-to-headline-rock-and-roll-to-the-rescue-benefit-part-2 |title = Eddie Money to Headline Rock & Roll to the Rescue Benefit (Part 2) |last = Niesel |first = Jeff |website = Cleveland Scene |language = en |access-date = January 23, 2020 |archive-date = August 6, 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200806204946/https://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2015/09/24/eddie-money-to-headline-rock-and-roll-to-the-rescue-benefit-part-2 |url-status = live }} to produce special projects, including "Money for the Animals",{{Cite web |url = https://coolcleveland.com/2015/11/ex-mtv-vj-ninablackwood-hosts-benefit-hrrocksinonp-for-geauga-county-rescue-village/ |title = Eddie Money to Headline Rock & Roll to the Rescue Benefit (Part 2) |last = Niesel |first = Jeff |website = Cleveland Scene |language = en |access-date = January 23, 2020 |archive-date = October 16, 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191016121843/https://coolcleveland.com/2015/11/ex-mtv-vj-ninablackwood-hosts-benefit-hrrocksinonp-for-geauga-county-rescue-village/ |url-status = live }} a tour with MTV VJ Nina Blackwood,{{Cite web |date=November 3, 2015 |title=Ex-MTV VJ @NinaBlackwood Hosts Benefit @HRRocksinoNP for Geauga County Rescue Village |url=https://coolcleveland.com/2015/11/ex-mtv-vj-ninablackwood-hosts-benefit-hrrocksinonp-for-geauga-county-rescue-village/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191016121843/https://coolcleveland.com/2015/11/ex-mtv-vj-ninablackwood-hosts-benefit-hrrocksinonp-for-geauga-county-rescue-village/ |archive-date=October 16, 2019 |access-date=January 23, 2020 |website=CoolCleveland |language=en-US}} designed to raise funds and adopt rescue animals in need.

In 2018, Money appeared in episode 6 of The Kominsky Method as a fictionalized version of himself who is indebted to the Internal Revenue Service and portrays the character Freddie Money in an eponymous tribute act at a casino to avoid further tax problems.{{cite web |title = "The Kominsky Method" Chapter 6: A Daughter Detoxes |url = https://m.imdb.com/title/tt8282440/ |website = IMDb |access-date = September 23, 2019 |archive-date = September 23, 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190923212143/https://m.imdb.com/title/tt8282440/ |url-status = live }}

On April 8, 2018, Real Money, a reality television series about Money and his family, debuted on AXS TV.{{Cite news |url = https://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/2018/05/eddie_money_headlines_classic.html |title = Eddie Money headlines classic rock show at Jackson County Fair |first = Taylor |last = DesOrmeau |work = Booth Newspapers |date = May 14, 2018 |access-date = August 26, 2019 |archive-date = August 26, 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190826031844/https://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/2018/05/eddie_money_headlines_classic.html |url-status = live }} An episode sharing his cancer diagnosis aired on AXS TV the day before he died. The show's second season was expected to follow Money's "journey as he tells his family about the disease and undergoes treatment."{{cite news |url = https://www.newsweek.com/eddie-money-death-cancer-music-1459189 |title = What Was Eddie Money's Cause of Death? Musician Dead at 70 Years Old |last = Williams |first = Janice |work = Newsweek |date = September 13, 2019 |access-date = September 13, 2019 |archive-date = September 14, 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190914005316/https://www.newsweek.com/eddie-money-death-cancer-music-1459189 |url-status = live }}

In late April 2018, Weekly Alibi's August March interviewed Money, who discussed his career, his family, and his new television show.{{citation |url = https://alibi.com/music/55841/Because-I-Cant-Get-Enough.html |title = Music Interview: Because I Can't Get Enough |newspaper = Weekly Alibi |date = April 26, 2018 |access-date = May 17, 2018 |archive-date = August 24, 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190824232929/https://alibi.com/music/55841/Because-I-Cant-Get-Enough.html |url-status = live }}

In 1980, after drinking alcohol, Money overdosed on a synthetic barbiturate that he mistook for cocaine. He suffered damage to the sciatic nerve on his left leg, was unable to walk for months, and had a permanent limp thereafter.

On Valentine's Day 1984 in Moraga, California, Money married Margo Lee Walker, a student from Los Angeles. Money and his bride tried to keep the wedding private, "but a crowd of screaming teenage fans showed up."{{Cite news |url = https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/02/15/WEDDING-NEWS/8588445669200/ |title = Wedding News |work = United Press International |date = February 15, 1984 |access-date = September 14, 2019 |archive-date = August 9, 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200809121927/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/02/15/WEDDING-NEWS/8588445669200/ |url-status = live }}

Money married Laurie Harris in 1989.{{cite web |url = https://people.com/archive/eddie-money-vol-45-no-24/ |title = Eddie Money profile |work = People |date = June 17, 1996 |access-date = September 14, 2019 |archive-date = December 20, 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191220013103/https://people.com/archive/eddie-money-vol-45-no-24/ |url-status = live }} Together, they had five children: Zachary, Jesse (Jessica), Joseph, Julian, and Desmond.{{cite news |url = http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Music/01/15/people.watn.money/ |title = Eddie Money now clean and sober |work = CNN |date = January 13, 2003 |last = Kappes |first = Serena |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111103203931/http://articles.cnn.com/2003-01-15/entertainment/people.watn.money_1_money-talks-rocker-eddie-money?_s=PM%3ASHOWBIZ |archive-date = November 3, 2011 }} They were married for 30 years and had renewed their vows three months before his death.{{cite web |last1 = Kietty |first1 = Martin |title = Eddie Money Renewed Marriage Vows Months Before He Died Read More: Eddie Money Renewed Marriage Vows Months Before He Died |url = https://ultimateclassicrock.com/eddie-money-marriage-vows/ |website = ultimateclassicrock.com |date = September 19, 2019 |publisher = UCR |access-date = September 25, 2019 |archive-date = September 25, 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190925231815/https://ultimateclassicrock.com/eddie-money-marriage-vows/ |url-status = live }}

In March 2000, Money purchased a home in Westlake Village, California, where he lived with his family.{{cite news |url = https://www.vcstar.com/picture-gallery/news/local/communities/conejo-valley/2018/04/03/take-a-peek-at-eddie-moneys-family-westlake-home/33516049/ |title = Take a peek at Eddie Money's family, Westlake home |work = Ventura County Star |date = April 3, 2018 |access-date = September 15, 2019 |archive-date = October 21, 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201021100222/https://www.vcstar.com/picture-gallery/news/local/communities/conejo-valley/2018/04/03/take-a-peek-at-eddie-moneys-family-westlake-home/33516049/ |url-status = live }} At one point in the early 2000s, Money also had a home in Island Estates, a gated community in Palm Coast, Florida, which he called "my place to play golf, be creative, go fishing, go surfing and have fun".{{cite news |url = https://www.news-journalonline.com/news/20190913/eddie-money-famed-rocker-and-former-flagler-county-resident--dies-at-70 |title = Eddie Money, famed rocker and former Flagler County resident, dies at 70 |first = Matt |last = Bruce |work = The Daytona Beach News-Journal |date = September 13, 2019 |access-date = September 15, 2019 |archive-date = September 14, 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190914070349/https://www.news-journalonline.com/news/20190913/eddie-money-famed-rocker-and-former-flagler-county-resident--dies-at-70 |url-status = live }}

In 2001, Money joined a 12-step program to deal with his drinking and made a promise to his wife and children that he would change. In 2003, he reported that he was clean and sober.

Money—who had been a cigarette smoker for years—developed pneumonia following a minimally invasive heart valve replacement surgery in July 2019, causing him to cancel tour dates. On August 24, 2019, he revealed that he had been diagnosed with stage 4 esophageal cancer;{{cite news |url = https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/24/entertainment/eddie-money-cancer-diagnosis-trnd/index.html |title = Rocker Eddie Money announces he has esophageal cancer |last = Vera |first = Amir |date = August 24, 2019 |work = CNN |access-date = August 25, 2019 |archive-date = August 25, 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190825005127/https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/24/entertainment/eddie-money-cancer-diagnosis-trnd/index.html |url-status = live }} he died of complications from the cancer at Keck Hospital of USC in Los Angeles on September 13, 2019, at age 70.{{cite news |url = https://variety.com/2019/music/news/eddie-money-dead-dies-1203334855/ |title = Eddie Money, 'Two Tickets to Paradise' Singer, Dies at 70 |work = Variety |last = Halperin |first = Shirley |date = September 13, 2019 |access-date = September 13, 2019 |archive-date = September 14, 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190914105953/https://variety.com/2019/music/news/eddie-money-dead-dies-1203334855/ |url-status = live }}{{Cite magazine |url = https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/eddie-money-dead-obit-884000/ |title = Eddie Money, 'Take Me Home Tonight' and 'Baby Hold On' Hitmaker, Dead at 70 |last = Kreps |first = Daniel |magazine = Rolling Stone |date = September 13, 2019 |access-date = September 13, 2019 |archive-date = September 15, 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190915234613/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/eddie-money-dead-obit-884000/ |url-status = live }}{{Cite web |via = ABC News |date = December 17, 2020 |title = The late Eddie Money's family files wrongful death lawsuit against hospital that treated him |url = https://www.kshe95.com/real-rock-news/the-late-eddie-moneys-family-files-wrongful-death-lawsuit-against-hospital-that-treated-him/ |access-date = June 21, 2021 |website = KSHE 95 |language = en-US |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201217182043/https://www.kshe95.com/real-rock-news/the-late-eddie-moneys-family-files-wrongful-death-lawsuit-against-hospital-that-treated-him/ |archive-date = December 17, 2020 }} A year later, his family filed a lawsuit alleging wrongful death against the hospital, with an additional allegation of medical malpractice.

{{Main|Eddie Money discography}}

Studio albums

• Eddie Money (1977)
• Life for the Taking (1978)
• Playing for Keeps (1980)
• No Control (1982)
• Where's the Party? (1983)
• Can't Hold Back (1986)
• Nothing to Lose (1988)
• Right Here (1991)
• Love and Money (1995)
• Ready Eddie (1999)
• Wanna Go Back (2007)

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