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Monday, December 7, 2009

Billy Joel’s daughter recovering, released from hospital after overdose

By Amelia Robinson | Monday, December 7, 2009, 10:00 AM

Alexa Ray Joel, the 23-year-old daughter of pop icon Billy Joel and former supermodel Christie Brinkley, has been released from a New York hospital after being admitted there Saturday for a possible suicide attempt.

She is recovering at her father’s home, according to Newsday.

Joel told Newsday his daughter got to the hospital shortly after overdosing pills at her Greenwich Village apartment.

“She is going to be fine,” Joel told the newspaper Saturday.

Alexa Ray Joel, a singer-songwriter, took several pills after a breakup with her boyfriend, according to PEOPLE.com .

The Piano Man” singer and Christie Brinkley divorced in 1994. Alexa Ray is the only child they had together.

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