Lady Gaga’s father Joseph Germanotta is opening a new restaurant called ‘Joanne’ in honor of his late sister who died at the young age of 19 from Lupus, and Chef Art Smith will be running it.
The pop superstar and her parents became shareholders in Manhattan’s West 68th Street Vince & Eddie’s last year, but the Italian-American eatery has since closed down and now her dad has taken over the property and set to reopen the restaurant under the new name.
Gaga’s aunt who died many years before she was born said, “My dad’s sister Joanne died when she was 19. I wear a birth certificate of her’s around my neck. I just feel very close to her. I actually pray to her before every concert. She died so young and she didn’t get to live out the rest of her life, so I’m living it out for her.”
You sure are.