Posted on 12/05/2009 1:42:47 PM PST by Justaham
Billy Joel’s 23-year-old daughter was rushed to St. Vincent’s Hospital in Manhattan today after allegedly ingesting a large number of sleeping pills in what police consider a suicide attempt, The Post has learned.
Medics were called to Alexa Ray Joel’s apartment at 19 Bethune St. apartment in the West Village at approximately 12:21 p.m. this afternoon, sources told The Post. The 911 call came from a roommate who reported that Joel had taken too many sleeping pills, sources said.
Joel was conscious at St. Vincent’s Hospital, and is expected to survive. Joel is the only daughter of piano man Billy Joel and his supermodel wife, Christie Brinkley. Brinkley and Joel married in 1984, and divorced in 1994.
A prolific songwriter since her young teens, Alexa Joel is also a talented pianist and singer. She’s among several celebrities scheduled to appear in a tree-lighting ceremony at the New York Stock Exchange this Thursday.
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What a cutie. Not guilty. I hope she gets some help.
Your tagline: was Sarah channeling Rush or Ted Nugent?
-—if that’s a real quote I’m surprised I’ve never heard it. You’d think those with PDS would have trumpeted it everywhere by now.
Your tagline: was Sarah channeling Rush or Ted Nugent?
-—if that’s a real quote I’m surprised I’ve never heard it. You’d think those with PDS would have trumpeted it everywhere by now.
Poor thing. I always think of her as Christie’s daughter, though of course she is the child of both. I bet it was over some stupid guy. Prayers up.
The quote is from her book. Early in her book. I’m reading it. You can also Google it and it should come up from somewhere.
Poor girl. Very sad.
Prayers will be said for her tonight. It can’t be easy having those two for parents. I’m betting she got just about no attention when she was growing up because all the attention has to be on the attention hos in the family.
Prayers for her and the family. How sad.
By the grace of God her roommate found her and got help for her. May her parents comprehend it wasn't just "a stoke of luck" that helped save their daughter's life.
Billy Joel was the opening act for a friend of mine way back in the day. Even before he was rich and famous, he was crabby and disagreeable, even to the headliner musicians for whom he was opening! One would think one would have put on a facade of pleasantness when one is presented with what could be “THE BIG BREAK”! LOL (I know I always DID! )
I can’t imagine growing up with such a person as my Daddy!
Prayers for this pretty and talented young lady.
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She’s among several celebrities scheduled to appear in a tree-lighting
ceremony at the New York Stock Exchange this Thursday.
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If she gets well enough...it would be something if she kept that committment.
(Yeah, but it’s a tall bill to fill...but certainly would be something.)
Regardless, best wishes to her.
Dad Billy tried to commit suicide at 21 y/o; he’s an admitted binge drinker and revolving door rehab customer, it seems to run in the genes.
Too bad. So much wasted talent.
Poor girl. She has his looks.
Billy himself struggled with depression as did Christie...
Exactly what I was posting at the same time. They both suffer from big depression issues.
prayers up!
I just learned a high school friends sons was found dead from an overdose today. He just got out of drug rehab last week. He was 21 years old without any excuses except stupidity. Sad and cruel.
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