"I know as a mom myself that when you see your kids happy healthy and enjoying their passions you feel content and happy. Rosalinda's Eyes will live on not only in the song inspired by her, but in Billy, and Alexa... and Nanny Roz herself would find that worth celebrating. @alexarayjoel#cherishedgrandmother #restinpeace."
And as he promised in his song, Joel certainly made it and took his shot before the fire died in Rosalinda's eyes.
"Hardly anyone has seen how good I am/but Rosalinda says she knows," the song goes.
Joel confirmed his mother's death on his Facebook page and asked that, in lieu of sending flowers, donations be made to The Little Shelter animal rescue and adoption center in Huntington, Long Island.
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