Superstorm Sandy hit close to home for Cyndi Lauper. Not only did the storm cause widespread damage in her hometown of Queens, New York, but it also took the life of her 90-year-old uncle, George Stathis. Stathis died in his home in Rockaway, a neighborhood in Queens.
Lauper revealed her loss Monday at Lenox Hill Hospital’s Autumn Ball in Manhattan. The ball usually raises money for the hospital, but this year the money went to Sandy victims.
"I lost my Uncle George in the hurricane," Lauper said.
"He was old. He didn't want to leave his house,” she explained. “I was in Chicago, and I called and said [to relatives], 'Why did you guys leave him?' And they just didn't think it was going to get that bad."
Lauper dedicated her performance of “Time After Time” to Stathis.
Superstorm Sandy killed at least 113 people in the United States and damaged much of the northeast coast. Major relief efforts are currently underway for the countless victims. The Red Cross believes it will be “one of the biggest Red Cross relief operations in the past five years.”
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