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Bruce Springsteen’s mother, Adele, died on Wednesday at the age of 98, the singer announced in a touching Instagram post on Thursday afternoon. “I remember in the morning mom hearing your alarm clock ring,” Springsteen wrote in a heartfelt caption under a video of the two of them dancing. The words are lyrics from his 1998 song “The Wish,” which was inspired by his mother. “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 …