Sad news as the singer with the golden voice known as “The Money Man”, Eddie Money has died after a brief bout with stage four esophageal cancer. He was 70 years old. Money whose career skyrocketed in the 1980s on the strength of hits such as ‘Baby Hold On,’ ‘Two Tickets to Paradise’, ‘Shakin’ and ‘Take Me Home Tonight’ was one of the most successful artists of the decade. Recently Money and his family starred in the reality TV show Real Money, which aired on AXS TV starting in April 2018. It chronicled his life at home and with his family, revealing his health struggles. Money is survived by his wife Laurie and five children, daughter, Jesse Money and sons Zachary, Joseph, Desmond, and Julian. His family shared 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.”

Money made his home in the Bay Area where he performed at the city’s clubs regularly. A star of MTV’s formative years, during which he starred in a series of comedic music videos, he saw major chart success with such songs as “Baby Hold On” and “Two Tickets to Paradise” and in 1986 “Take Me Home Tonight”, a duet with Ronnie Spector, which was a radio hit. He was signed to Columbia Records and released 11 albums throughout his career, starting with his self-titled debut in 1977 which saw three songs chart, “Baby Hold On,” “Two Tickets to Paradise” and “You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me.”

We send out sympathies out to Eddie’s loved ones, friends and fans at this time.