Rocker Eddie Money has passed away at age 70

Rest in peace, Mr. Money.

People:

Eighties hitmaker Eddie Money died on Friday following complications from stage 4 esophageal cancer. He was 70 years old.

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.

The Two Tickets to Paradise singers death came less than a month after he announced that he had been diagnosed with the disease.