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Billy Joel is closing his bike store in Lengthy Island, New York, and auctioning off his private assortment of bikes as he battles a mind dysfunction.
The 76-year-old singer revealed in Might that he had been recognized with normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH), which impacts his imaginative and prescient, listening to and stability, he stated on social media on the time.
Joel additionally canceled all of his tour dates for 2025 and thru July 2026.
Earlier this week, Joel’s consultant Claire Mercuri advised The Related Press that the music icon will likely be shuttering twentieth Century Cycles in Oyster Bay in late September and promoting his assortment at public sale later this yr as a result of his medical challenge.
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Billy Joel is closing his Lengthy Island bike store and auctioning off his private assortment as a result of his mind dysfunction prognosis. (Bruce Gilbert/Newsday RM by way of Getty Photos)
NPH is a situation that happens when cerebrospinal fluid builds up contained in the cranium and presses on the mind. It’s most definitely to affect individuals older than 65. Treating the situation entails surgical procedure to implant a shunt to empty extra fluid from the within of the cranium, in line with the Cleveland Clinic.
In his Might assertion saying his prognosis, Joel famous that the situation had been “exacerbated by latest live performance performances, resulting in issues with listening to, imaginative and prescient and stability.”
The assertion added, “Below his physician’s directions, Billy is present process particular bodily remedy and has been suggested to chorus from performing throughout this restoration interval.”
In Might, the 76-year-old singer revealed that he had been recognized with regular stress hydrocephalus (NPH). (Ethan Miller/Getty Photos)
Joel, who grew up in close by Hicksville, opened twentieth Century Cycles in late 2010 as a spot to keep up and restore his bikes, restore and customise ones he purchased and showcase his assortment for the general public at no cost.
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“It’s principally selling an aesthetic right here,” he stated in a 2013 YouTube video filmed on the store. “I like older model. I just like the automotive model from the ‘30s to the ’60s. I wished to gather an entire bunch of these sorts of bikes, put ’em in a single place and let individuals see what that period of motorcycle appeared like. As a result of it’s beginning to be a misplaced aesthetic.”
The “Piano Man” hitmaker stated he additionally wished to carry foot visitors and enterprise to downtown Oyster Bay — a ritzy waterfront group about 25 miles east of midtown Manhattan — the place a part of the road that features twentieth Century Cycles was renamed Billy Joel Approach in 2023.
“I’ve been residing on this group for a very long time,” Joel stated within the video. “I really grew up not removed from right here. And I’d prefer to get a bit curiosity going into the city and the village.”
Joel’s close by house in Centre Island is listed for $29.9 million, and he has been residing in South Florida, whereas preserving a house in Sag Harbor on Lengthy Island.
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The store grew to become a preferred cease for motorcycle enthusiasts and vacationers. It was house to Joel’s assortment of greater than 75 bikes, which date all the best way again to the Nineteen Forties and embody Harley-Davidsons, Triumphs, Ducatis, Moto Guzzis, Indians and BMWs.
Joel famous that considered one of his most dear bikes was a 1952 Vincent Rapide, which might promote for tens of hundreds of {dollars} and typically extra, in line with public sale websites.
Joel, who’s a longtime bike fanatic, opened twentieth Century Cycles in 2010. (The Related Press)
Joel’s enthusiasm for bikes dates again a long time. In 1982, he was using a bike on Lengthy Island when he was struck by a automobile that ran a crimson mild, injuring his left thumb and dislocating his proper wrist. He spent a few month within the hospital.
The singer has additionally ridden bikes throughout numerous advantages for 9/11 first responders, breast most cancers and different causes through the years.
A date for the public sale of his assortment has not been set.
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The Related Press contributed to this report.
