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Billy Joel will be a dad again — at age 66

By Bill Zwecker

Billy Joel will be around 84 when the kid heads to college, but it’s nice to hear the “Piano Man” is going to be a dad again.

A publicist for the music legend, who will turn 66 on May 9, and his longtime girlfriend, Alexis Roderick, 33, confirmed the couple are expecting their first child this summer. They have been a couple since 2009.

Joel’s other child is his singer-songwriter daughter Alexa Ray Joel, 29, whose mother is Joel’s ex-wife Christie Brinkley.

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