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Billy Joel is closing his motorcycle shop in Long Island, New York, and auctioning his personal collection of bikes because he struggles with a brain disorder.
The 76 -year -old singer revealed in May that he was diagnosed Common pressure hydroscifylas (NPH), Which affects his vision, hearing and balance, he said on social media at that time.
Joel also canceled all her tour dates through 2025 and July 2026.
Earlier this week, Joel’s representative Claire Merkuri told The Associated Press that the music icon would shut down the 20th century cycle at Ooster Bay in late September and sell its collections at the auction later this year.
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Billy Joel is closing her long island motorcycle shop and auctioning her individual collection due to her brain disorder diagnosis. (Bruce Gilbert/NewsDe RM Getty Image)
NPH is a condition that occurs when the cerebrospinal fluid makes inside the skull and presses on the brain. This is most likely to affect people over 65 years of age. Treating this condition involves surgery to transplant a shunt to remove excess fluid from inside the skull. Cleaveland clinic,
In his May statement announcing his diagnosis, Joel said that the situation was extended by recent concert demonstrations, causing problems with hearing, vision and balance. ,
“Under his doctor’s instructions, Billy is undergoing specific physical therapy and advised to avoid performing during this recovery period,” the statement said.
In May, the 76 -year -old singer revealed that he was detected the general pressure hydrocerous (NPH). (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Joel, who was raised in a nearby Hicksville, opened the 20th -century cycles in late 2010 as a place to maintain and repair his motorcycles, bought and customized they bought and customized, which they bought and demonstrated their collections to the public without any charges.
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“It is originally promoting a aesthetics here,” he said in a video filmed at the shop in a 2013 YouTube video. “I like the old style. I like automotive style from the 30s to the 60s. I wanted to collect a full bunch of those types of bikes, put them in one place and let people see what the bike’s era looks like. Because it is a lost aesthetics.”
The “Piano Man” hitmaker said he wanted to bring foot traffic and business to a retailee waterfront community about 25 miles east of the Midtown Manhattan – where the road share included the 20th -century cycle, named Billy Joel Way in 2023.
“I have been living in this community for a long time,” Joel said in the video. “I really didn’t get away from here. And I would like to be a little interested in going to the city and village.”
The house near Joel on the Center Island is listed at $ 29.9 million, and is living in South Florida, while holding a house in the greens harbor on Long Island.
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The shop became an enthusiastic and tourists a popular stop for motorcycles. It was home to a collection of Joel of over 75 bikes, which returned to all ways in the 1940s and included Harley-Davidson, Triumphs, Ducatis, Moto Gujis, Indians and BMWS.
Joel said that one of her most valuable bikes was 1952 Vincent Rape, which, according to the auction sites, could sell tens of thousand dollars and sometimes more.
Joel, who is a long -time motorcycle enthusiast, opened the 20th century cycle in 2010. (The Associated Press)
Joel’s enthusiasm for motorcycles has been for decades. In 1982, he was riding a motorcycle on Long Island when he was hitting a car, running a red light, injuring his left thumb and disliked his right wrist. He spent about a month in the hospital.
The singer rode motorcycles during various benefits for the first respondents of 9/11, breast cancer and other reasons in years.
A date has not been set for the auction of their collection.
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The Associated Press contributed to this report.
