{"id":10751,"date":"2026-06-03T19:21:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T19:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/?p=10751"},"modified":"2026-06-03T19:21:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T19:21:52","slug":"the-story-of-billy-joel-the-pain-the-family-the-battle-to-carry-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/?p=10751","title":{"rendered":"The Story Of Billy Joel: The Pain, The Family, The Battle To Carry On"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Billy Joel has spent most of his life giving the world music.<\/p>\n<p>Joel\u2019s team didn\u2019t frame the diagnosis as the end of his life or his music. Instead the message was one of recovery, of treatment, of medical advice.<\/p>\n<p>That is a significant difference.<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t a \u2018goodbye\u2019 story. \u201cIt is a recovery story.<\/p>\n<p>Joel has been through hard times before. He\u2019s back from personal tragedies. He\u2019s back from the pressures of his profession. He\u2019s kept creating when life got complicated. Another serious health battle is a tough challenge, but it doesn\u2019t take away from the strength that\u2019s gotten him through so much.<\/p>\n<div id=\"gpt_unit_\/22756311368\/LaptopsVilla\/InContent_5_0\" data-onpage=\"true\" data-adpath=\"\/22756311368\/LaptopsVilla\/InContent_5\" data-lazy-callback=\"lazy_cb_finwamejoas\" data-google-query-id=\"CIyZv6bl65QDFdDUEQgdqKwqfA\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/22756311368\/LaptopsVilla\/InContent_5_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>His family has remained a big part of his life, too. Joel is father of three daughters Alexa Ray, Della Rose and Remy Anne. Recently, his fans have seen a softer side of him as a father, especially with his younger daughters. His latest celebration was Della\u2019s elementary school graduation, reminding us that family is what matters most to him, even in difficult health circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>It matters to have family support.<\/p>\n<p>When one is sick, recovery is not only about doctors and treatment. \u201cIt\u2019s about love, patience and encouragement and the people that help them keep going.<\/p>\n<p>To Billy Joel, music has never been just a job. It\u2019s been about surviving. It has been expressed That was how he\u2019d made sense of a life that was painful long before it was famous<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10752\" src=\"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3884-240x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3884-240x300.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3884-819x1024.jpeg 819w, https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3884-768x960.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3884.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billy Joel has spent most of his life giving the world music. Joel\u2019s team didn\u2019t frame the diagnosis as the end of his life or his music. Instead the message was one of recovery,&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10751"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10751\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10753,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10751\/revisions\/10753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}