Rock star Eddie Van Halen dies

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Rock star Eddie Van Halen died at the age of 65 on Tuesday.

The guitarist and co-founder of the Eighties band Van Halen had been battling throat cancer for over a decade.

The father to Wolfgang Van Halen passed away at at St. Johns Hospital in Santa Monica, California with his wife Janie next to him.The site added that Eddie had a sudden decline in health in the past '72 hours.'

His throat cancer had reportedly gone to his brain as well as other parts of his body, it was added.The site added that he had been 'in and out of the hospital over the past year.'

In November Eddie had intestinal issues and had undergone chemotherapy in recent months.

Van Halen has said he thinks he got throat cancer from putting a metal guitar pick in his mouth when he was on stage, even though he had been a heavy smoker.

He has son Wolfgang with One Day At A Time star Valerie Bertinelli.

His mini me became Van Halen's bassist in 2006.
 
As Sammy Hagar says.... Eddie VanHalen is the Greatest Rock and Roll Guitar Player ever !!

One of my very first LPs if not the first one I ever owned was VanHalen's first album (debut album 1978).
That album rocked !!
There was not one single song on it that did not get played like a million times !

Van_Halen_album.jpg


'Running with the Devil' is the opening tune and what a tune it is !!
Eruption is one there but not anything like the live version that dara posted above.
Eruption is followed by 'Girl You Really Got Me' , which was a Kinks song.
VanHalen mastered that song :)

If you wanna hear the full album, check out the ytube link below
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REtGa3L0XXg

RIP in peace Eddie