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Bruce Springsteen's mother, Adele Zerilli Springsteen, dies at age 98

Bruce Springsteens mother Adele Zerilli Springsteen dies at age 98
Musician’s mother, who he has sung about, had reportedly been struggling with Alzheimer’s disease for over a decade
Bruce Springsteen dances with his mother, Adele, on stage in London in 2013.View image in fullscreen

Bruce Springsteen’s mother, Adele Zerilli Springsteen, dies at age 98

Musician’s mother, who he has sung about, had reportedly been struggling with Alzheimer’s disease for over a decade

Adele Zerilli Springsteen, the longtime legal secretary, musical muse and concert dance partner who captured countless hearts in her son Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Nation and beyond, has died at 98.

Bruce Springsteen announced in an Instagram post that his mother died on Wednesday. He shared a video of the two of them dancing to the Glenn Miller swing-era standard In the Mood with the caption “Adele Springsteen – May 4, 1925-January 31, 2024”. He then quotes at length from the lyrics for The Wish, one of his songs that invokes her.

“I remember in the morning mom hearing your alarm clock ring. I’d lie in bed and listen to you getting ready for work, the sound of your makeup case on the sink,” the post says.

The cause and other details were not immediately revealed, but Springsteen said in 2021 that she had been struggling with Alzheimer’s disease for a decade and could no longer speak or stand.

The New Jersey rock star and his E Street Band last fall postponed the remainder of their 2023 concerts as the singer received treatment for peptic ulcer disease.

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