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Billy Joel, 55, marries 23-year-old
Yahoo.com ^ | Oct 3, 2004

Posted on 10/04/2004 7:21:54 AM PDT by stainlessbanner

CENTRE ISLAND, N.Y. - Singer-songwriter Billy Joel (news) married his fiancee, 23-year-old Kate Lee, in a ceremony Saturday at his Long Island mansion, his record label said. Joel, 55, wed Lee in a sunset wedding at his waterfront home, Newsday reported in its online editions. Columbia Records, Joel's label, announced the marriage Saturday night. A spokeswoman for Joel could not immediately be reached for comment.

Joel, who was previously married twice, including to supermodel Christie Brinkley, has had more than two dozen Top 10 hits, including his signature song "Piano Man," which was released in 1973 and became a hit the next year.

Last month, Joel's star was placed on Hollywood Boulevard in front of the Pantages Theatre, where the Tony Award-winning musical based on his songs, "Movin' Out," is playing through Oct. 31. He is also a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Lee, a native of Huntington, W.Va., recently graduated from Ohio's Miami University and works as a restaurant correspondent for the PBS show "George Hirsch: Living It Up!" She and Joel began dating last year, according to Newsday.


TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: billyjoel; dirtyoldman; marriage; pianoman
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To: Gil4
Ted: Now your dad's actually going for it in your room.

Bill: Shut up, Ted.

Ted: Your step-mom is cute, though.

Bill: Shut up, Ted.

Ted: Remember when I asked her to the prom?

Bill: Shut up Ted.

41 posted on 10/04/2004 7:51:40 AM PDT by Hatteras
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To: AppyPappy

I thought King Hussein was dead.


42 posted on 10/04/2004 8:03:54 AM PDT by 12B
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To: T. Jefferson

If she rolls over, she may crush him.


43 posted on 10/04/2004 8:04:38 AM PDT by T. Jefferson
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To: najida

I love Billy's music! :o)


44 posted on 10/04/2004 8:11:15 AM PDT by TheBigB (I < heart > Sam McPherson!)
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To: stainlessbanner

It must be love. He probably has nothing to do with large fortune this guy has managed to amass during his career. But all the power to him.

If I could have some 23 year old on my arm, I wouldn't be complaining. And what the heck. It's only money.


45 posted on 10/04/2004 8:11:50 AM PDT by jerod
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To: stainlessbanner
Singer-songwriter Billy Joel (news) married his fiancee, 23-year-old Kate Lee, in a ceremony Saturday at his Long Island mansion, his record label said. Joel, 55,...

First off over the weekend I heard that she was 22...not big deal between 22/23 AND 55! And secondly...SOME men just never grow up!It's like they can never give up playing with dolls...sissys IMHO.

46 posted on 10/04/2004 8:14:38 AM PDT by nfldgirl ("It was on a Monday, somebody touched me! ... must have been the hand of the Lord!")
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To: Freebird Forever

Of whom? Not lesbo, and not a pedaphile. Rude, dude.


47 posted on 10/04/2004 8:18:09 AM PDT by toomuchcoffee
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To: stainlessbanner
Billy Joel did NOT marry a 23 year old woman.

Billy Joel's MONEY married a 23 year old woman.

If Billy Joel were as in-debt and broke as I am, his chances of marrying any 23 year old woman - regardless of how she looked - would be about the same as a guy swimming in the middle of the Ohio River in February being attacked and eaten by a great white shark (my abject apologies to Greg Norman).

More power to ya, Billy!

48 posted on 10/04/2004 8:18:45 AM PDT by Logic n' Reason (Don't piss down my back and tell me it's rainin')
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To: Gil4

If he married any younger he'd be taking her to school in the morning..."Look both ways when you cross the street now...daddy doesn't want to be lonely at night!"


49 posted on 10/04/2004 8:30:36 AM PDT by mdmathis6 (The Democrats must be defeated in 2004)
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To: toomuchcoffee
Not lesbo, and not a pedaphile. Rude, dude.

There is no lesbian or pedophile mentioned anywhere in this article.

Quit eating paint chips. The damage is becoming apparent.

50 posted on 10/04/2004 8:40:03 AM PDT by Freebird Forever
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To: Travis McGee
>Most gorgeous 23 year old babes get hot just thinking about 55 year old balding fat guys

When I'm 55,
Mary-Kate is 28.
It all works out. Cool . . .

51 posted on 10/04/2004 8:52:44 AM PDT by theFIRMbss
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To: stainlessbanner
I don't mean to be rude to Joel, whom I have never met, but is he marrying her or is he just arranging to have legitimate heirs by her. Or maybe he was demonstrating what a con artist he was in letting her think she was marrying him. Or maybe he wasn't tired of banging her yet and she insisted that they get marriage before she would submit further.

Marriage is a lifelong committment, it's selfless giving, it's sharing growth of yourselves and your family, and eventually becoming "one flesh." How can a, what 50-something man?, do any of that with a 23-year-old girl?

OK, so the west hasn't understood marriage that way for a long time. That doesn't change what it is.

Shalom.

52 posted on 10/04/2004 8:59:52 AM PDT by ArGee (After 517, the abolition of man is complete)
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To: Freebird Forever

Okay, I'll make it simple for you to understand. Of course there wasn't any lesbian or pedophile references in the article. The references were mine, referring to your reply of "Jealous?" to my horsewhipping remark. I am making it 'clear' that I'm neither a lesbian, being a little old lady, or a pathetic old man that tries to hold on to his youth by marrying a woman more than half his age. Maybe pedophile was a bit too strong. Pitiful is more to the point, probably.


53 posted on 10/04/2004 8:59:55 AM PDT by toomuchcoffee
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To: Travis McGee
Most gorgeous 23 year old babes get hot just thinking about 55 year old balding fat guys.

Then, in another 10 years or so I should be one happy dude?

Presuming, of course, your comment also applies to my wife.

Shalom.

54 posted on 10/04/2004 9:02:16 AM PDT by ArGee (After 517, the abolition of man is complete)
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To: Freebird Forever
"'He however, should be horsewhipped.'

Jealous?"

In the words my 15 year old daughter might use:

"Well, like, YeaahHHH?!"

Actually, I was just thinking to myself the other day, and commisserating about how much I loved being a father, that fact that my kids were growing up and moving on, and knowing that my wife and I will (biologically) never have more kids. I was thinking .. "if I lost my wife .. tragic.. but would I really remarry and if I did would I think about more kids .. would I have the energy.. would it be fair to them.." etc.. Then I looked in the mirror, and reality slapped me in the face, and I said to myself "kid, you haven't got enough money to find a young bride .. only rich guys like Trump do that sort of idiotic thing."

(In the end, I concluded, that if I lost my wife early I'd probably never remarry again .. just wouldnt' have the heart for it ... lol).

SFS

55 posted on 10/04/2004 9:12:09 AM PDT by Steel and Fire and Stone
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To: toomuchcoffee
Pitiful is more to the point, probably.

If the man has enough $$ in his pocket and lead in his pencil to make it work, he has every right to pursue happiness. Whether you approve or not.

56 posted on 10/04/2004 9:40:51 AM PDT by Freebird Forever
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To: DSBull
Shades of Anna Nicole....

It looks to me like Billy Joel has a ways to go to meet that scenario. He's not gorked out, sitting in a wheelchair yet.

However, here's what my husband has to say about much older, wealthy men who marry women a great deal younger than themselves: "She's looking to inherit."

57 posted on 10/04/2004 9:47:14 AM PDT by .38sw
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To: stainlessbanner

Viva Viagra


58 posted on 10/04/2004 9:48:21 AM PDT by ChadGore (Vote Bush. He's Earned It.)
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To: stainlessbanner

She married his MONEY not Billy Joel - look at him ... if it werent' for his money he'd be a lonely bachelor. As for him, he married his youthful years. Being around someone younger sures up his self confidence and self image.


59 posted on 10/04/2004 10:11:16 AM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: stainlessbanner

"And if he can't drive with a broken back.
At least he can polish the fenders."


60 posted on 10/04/2004 10:19:00 AM PDT by Tall_Texan (Let's REALLY Split The Country! (http://righteverytime3.blogspot.com))
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