Billy Joel’s daughter shares replace on singer’s well being battle at tribute

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Billy Joel’s daughter Alexa Ray Joel is giving followers a hopeful glimpse into the music legend’s health battle .

Alexa Ray, 40, shared that her father, 76, stays wholesome months after the "Piano Man" hitmaker revealed he had been recognized with regular strain hydrocephalus (NPH), a uncommon brain disorder that forced him to cancel all of his concert events final Could.

Earlier than taking the stage at Carnegie Corridor Thursday for "The Music of Billy Joel" tribute occasion, Alexa Ray stated Billy has been targeted on getting stronger.

"He’s doing bodily remedy often and he’s doing nice. He’s misplaced weight as he’s on his food plan," she shared with The Hollywood Reporter.

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Billy Joel and Alexa Ray Joel attend "The Music Of Billy Joel" charity live performance at Carnegie Corridor on March 12, 2026, in New York Metropolis. (Myrna M. Suarez/Getty Photographs)

"I am so happy with him. He is such a trooper, so resilient and dedicated to being wholesome and proactive. He is a fighter. He’s at all times been a fighter and talks in his documentary about how life's like a struggle."

Thursday night time’s tribute at Carnegie Corridor marked an emotional second for the household.

"He was so excited when he first performed Carnegie Corridor within the ‘70s, so it is thrilling for him to come back again many years later and see superb artists and his daughter pay tribute to him," Alexa Ray stated forward of the present. "It is a full-circle second."

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Alexa Ray Joel honored father Billy Joel on the Carnegie Corridor tribute live performance, sharing that the 76-year-old "Piano Man" singer is recovering properly from his mind dysfunction prognosis. (Myrna M. Suarez/Getty Photographs)

She continued to elucidate that she insisted her father attend the momentous occasion.

"I stated, 'Dad, you higher be there! That is Carnegie Corridor. Everybody's paying tribute to you, and it is a tremendous group of artists.'"

"He was like, 'Let me mark that down.' He’s very organized together with his little calendar."

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Billy Joel attends "The Music of Billy Joel" at Carnegie Corridor on March 12, 2026, in New York Metropolis. (Taylor Hill/FilmMagic/Getty Photographs)

Alexa Ray honored her father on stage in the course of the star-studded celebration of his music.

Billy attended the occasion in a dapper black swimsuit and tie. Alexa Ray shocked in a strapless black fringe gown paired with white gloves.

A sold-out Carnegie Corridor celebrated Billy’s legendary catalog throughout "Michael Dorf Presents: The twenty first Annual Music Of" tribute live performance. Throughout two sold-out exhibits, the occasion drew greater than 3,500 attendees and raised over $225,000 for music teaching programs — the biggest fundraising whole within the live performance’s historical past.

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Billy Joel is "doing nice," Alexa Ray Joel shared. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Photographs)

Final July, the "Uptown Lady" crooner addressed rising concern about his well being and guaranteed followers he was managing the diagnosis .

"I do know lots of people are apprehensive about me and my well being, however I’m OK," he told People on the time. "What I've is one thing only a few folks learn about, together with me, regardless of how a lot you attempt to analysis it."

Billy added that he remained targeted on his restoration.

"I’m doing my finest to work with it and to recuperate from it," he stated.

Though he stated the prognosis was "disturbing," he reassured followers to not be involved about his well being.

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"It was scary, however I’m OK," he stated. "I simply wished to let folks know, don’t fear about me being deathly sick or something."

The daddy of three welcomed his eldest daughter, Alexa Ray, throughout his marriage to ex-wife Christie Brinkley . He later expanded his household with present spouse Alexis Roderick, and the couple share two daughters, Della Rose and Remy Anne.

Stephanie Giang-Paunon is an leisure author for Fox Information Digital. Story suggestions will be despatched to stephanie.giang@fox.com and on Twitter: @SGiangPaunon.