Bruce Springsteen’s mother Adele dead at 98 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease

Bruce Springsteen’s mother Adele has died after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. She was 98.

The rock-and-roll star, 74, announced the devastating news of his mother’s passing Thursday with a tribute on his personal Instagram account, which commenced with the date of her birth and her death.

“Adele Springsteen – May 4, 1925-January 31, 2024,” the post began. “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. And the ladies at the office all lipstick, perfume and rustling skirts, how proud and happy you always looked walking home from work.”

“It ain’t no phone call on Sunday, flowers or a Mother’s Day card,” he continued. “It ain’t no house on the hill with a garden and a nice little yard. I’ve got my hot rod down on Bond Street I’m older but you’ll know me in a glance. We’ll find us a Little rock ‘n roll bar and we’ll go out and dance.”

A video of Adele dancing with “The Boss” to swing music was featured alongside the caption.

“My mother loves to dance,” Springsteen once said during a  2021 Springsteen on Broadway performance. “She grew up in the ‘40s… [with] the big bands and the swing bands, and that was a time when dancing was an existential act.”

More to come.