The album shot to number 19 on the Billboard charts, becoming one of the most successful debuts of the decade. At one point, Eddie got a drum set, which his older brother coveted. Van Eddie married actress Valerie Bertinelli in 1981, and their son, Wolfgang, was born in 1990. 'S FAVORITE MJ COVERS. "item": { Video unavailable Watch on YouTube Watch on Died: Tuesday, October 6, Nuno Bettencourt vows to keep Eddie Van Halen's guitar fire burning on Extreme's first new single in 15 years, Rise. Inside Eddie Van Halens Final Days Before His Untimely Death ], Eddie Van Halen, Guitar Hero, Dies At 65 - NPR.org "@context": "http://schema.org", Eddie Van Halen Drunk At Namm Convention In 2019, after getting into a motorcycle accident, Eddie was diagnosed with a brain tumour. I cant believe Im having to write this, but my father Edward Lodewijk Van Halen, has lost his long and arduous battle with cancer this morning, Wolf, who joined Van Halen on bass in 2006, wrote on October 6. The couple announced their separation in July 2002, and they divorced four "@type": "BreadcrumbList", In her view, "Their whirlwind courtship in the '80s and short engagement would typically indicate that their marriage wouldn't last as long as it did, so I can infer that their relationship was probably based less on romantic/sexual/wild love and more on a mutual respect and admiration.". "Heaven will be electric tonight," wrote singer Lenny Kravitz, who remembered Van Halen as a "legendary guitar and musical innovator". And in 1985, after recording his own successful solo album, Roth left the band to be replaced by former Montrose frontman Sammy Hagar. Astrological Sign: Aquarius, Death Year: 2020, Death date: October 6, 2020, Article Title: Eddie Van Halen Biography, Author: Biography.com Editors, Website Name: The Biography.com website, Url: https://www.biography.com/musician/eddie-van-halen, Publisher: A&E Television Networks, Last Updated: April 14, 2021, Original Published Date: April 2, 2014.