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Billy Joel Splits With Third Wife

She's rumored to be dating someone else

By Ambreen Ali,  Newser User

Posted Jun 17, 2009 4:30 PM CDT

(Newser) – Billy Joel has split with third wife Katie Lee, 27, seen lately in the arms of an Israeli fashion designer—at parties the 60-year-old Joel prefers to skip, pals tell the New York Daily News. “It was really that age difference that caught up with them,” a friend says. Both have hired lawyers, though Joel is thought to have a prenup that protects his millions.

Joel would rather be on Long Island than at the various parties his wife frequented, friends say.
Joel would rather be on Long Island than at the various parties his wife frequented, friends say.   (AP Photo)
Age became an issue between the couple.
Age became an issue between the couple.   (AP Photo)
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Billy is no one to talk. It wasn't like he was a monk when he was on tour.
- A friend of Lee

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FORREAL
Jun 18, 2009 12:59 PM CDT
Ummm do you think she married him for love? not
drlarrymitchell
Jun 18, 2009 9:28 AM CDT
Joy Division was alright, and they were certainly influential, but to compare them to Billy Joel is rather a non-sequitur, I think. It's not nearly the same type of music. Billy Joel is certainly past his sell-by date- witness the Elton John concerts if you doubt that- but he had a Prince-length reign of tunes from 1977-1985 or so, 'The Nylon Curtain' (1982) being a masterpiece (save for that annoying 'Allentown' tune. To make a long post short, Dada compared apples to lug nuts. Billy Joel was singular- name ONE artist that sounds like he did. Billy Joel wasn't pop- he made pop TOLERABLE for those of us growing up in the late seventies/early eighties. And before anyone gets up on their true-alt. high horse- DON'T. I'm sitting on five gigabytes of Swans and a clutch of Severed Heads, interspersed with a rack of Coil. Liking a decently-crafted pop song takes away nothing from street cred.
drlarrymitchell
Jun 18, 2009 9:19 AM CDT
"A wing that is right, a wing that is left, it all depends upon your palette cleft..."

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