Singer Eddie Money has died at the age of 70.

Less than a month after announcing that he had been diagnosed with stage 4 esophageal cancer, singer Eddie Money has passed away due to complications of the disease.

“The Money family regrets to announce that Eddie passed away peacefully early this morning,” his family said in a statement to PEOPLE. “It is with heavy hearts that we say goodbye to our loving husband and father. We cannot imagine our world without him. We are grateful that he will live on forever through his music.”

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