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Joel, William Joseph Martin(Billy Joel)
Currently alive, at 59 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Musicians, Pianists, Songwriter
1949 - William Martin Joseph "Billy" Joel, son of Howard Joel and Rosalind Nyman was born on the 9th of May, in Bronx New York USA.
1966 - Joined a Long Island band called The Hassles.
1967 - The year he was suppose to graduate at Hicksville High School due to a English credit short.
1971 - Married business manager Elizabeth Weber on the 20th of May.
- Signed his first solo record contract with Artie Ripp of Family Productions and recorded his first solo album.
1983 - Divorced Elizabeth Weber on the 20th of July.
1985 - Second marriage with super model Christie Brinkley on the 23rd of March.
- His daughter Alexa Ray Joel was born on the 29th of December.
1991 - Received a Grammy Legend Award.
1994 - His marriage with Christie Brinkley in divorce on the 25th of August.
2002 - Entered Silver Hill Hospital in Connecticut, due to alcohol abuse.
2004 - At the age of 54, married Katie Lee. A graduate of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.
2005 - Performed his last Broadway show on the 11th of December.
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- "As an atheist you have to rationalize things... Then you have to try and make some sort of sense out of your problems. And if you try and find you can't, you have no choice but to be good and scared -- but that's okay!"
- "You're not the only one who's made mistakes, but they're the only things that you can truly call your own."
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