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Billy Joel Reveals Suicide Attempts Following Affair With Best Friend’s Wife in New Doc

Billy Joel reveals that he twice attempted suicide in his new HBO documentary 'And So It Goes,' and that one of the attempts left him in a coma.

Before he was “The Piano Man,” a twentysomething Joel played in a Long Island hard rock band called Attila alongside his then-best friend Jon Small. The affair resulted in Attila’s breakup, the (temporary) end of his best friendship, and Joel getting evicted from Small’s house. And So It Goes premiered Wednesday at the Tribeca Film Festival, with Joel unable to attend the screening due to his recent brain disorder diagnosis.

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