Breaking: Eddie Money’s Wife Laurie Money has passed away earlier today after suffering from…

August 10, 2024 admin Uncategorized 0

Breaking: Eddie Money’s Wife Laurie Money has passed away earlier today after suffering from…

Laurie Money was Eddie Money’s wife of 30 years. The couple had five children together, Zachary, Jessica, Joseph, Julian and Desmond. Laurie’s maiden name was Laurie Harris.

Singer Eddie Money, born Edward Mahoney, died on September 13 at the age of 70. A statement from Money’s family, via Variety, read, “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.”

Since April 2018, the Money family had been appearing in a reality show, named “Real Money.” Laurie is listed as one of the producers of the show, along with her husband. The show aired on AXS TV.

One memorable episode of the show saw Money surprise his wife by recording a new song about her. When unveiling his gift, Money said, “It’s good. It’s like ‘Honkeytonk Woman.” To which Laurie hit back, “Isn’t that about a hooker?”
Laurie Money, Eddie Money's wife

Here’s what you need to know:

1. Money Said That Meeting His Wife Laurie in 1985 Inspired Him to Get Sober

Money told People Magazine in 1996 that it was meeting his future wife, Laurie, in 1985, that inspired him to become sober. Laurie had been working as a model at the time the pair met. Laurie told the magazine, “I really didn’t know who he was. I used to get him mixed up with John Mellencamp. He was really interested in having children, but he had to stop doing what he was doing. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have stayed.” The pair married in 1989.

On his newfound domestication, the magazine noted that Money was known to cancel concerts in order to attend one of his children’s ballet recitals. Money had told the magazine that in 1980 he had accidentally inhaled a barbiturate that he thought was cocaine. Speaking to CNN in 2003 regarding his sobriety, Money said, “I made a promise to my wife and kids that I was gonna change.”

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