Eddie Van Halen Dead

[Dennis Donovan]

Link to tweet

Cross gently, GOAT.

[BusyBeingBest]

1. Oh no!

[no_hypocrisy]

2. NO!

[cbdo2007]

3. oh fuck!!!! no

that sucks so much right now

[Le Roi de Pot]

4. Fuck 2020

[Initech]

22. Worst year ever!!!

[Roland99]

93. This

[aggiesal]

101. Covid ...

Tom Seaver
Bob Gibson
Eddie Van Halen

2020 sucks!

[lostnfound]

117. No, EVH died of cancer. Nt

[aggiesal]

123. I know that ...

The point of my response is that 2020 sucks.
Along with Covid we also had some famous people that have died as well.
I pointed out 3 of the most recent.

This will definitely be a year to remember and I'm hoping November 3rd is the peak.

[CottonBear]

5. RIP Eddie.

2020 just keeps on getting worse...damn.

[live love laugh]

6. Chills

[Ohiogal]

7. My God!

I’m in total shock!

[FirstLight]

8. 2020 can go piss up a flagpole

FUCK!


I guess I know what my playlist will be for the day...

[vercetti2021]

9. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!

[OnlinePoker]

10. This year just keeps going from bad to worse. n/t

[0rganism]

11. 2020 has taken so much and so many, now this too

Kobe, Boseman, now EVH too
worst year ever, no joke

[jayfish]

71. Neil Peart!

I can't believe that was less than a year ago.

[BusyBeingBest]

76. It ushered in such a shitty year--still can't get over Neil Peart.

[RANDYWILDMAN]

12. Wow love you Eddie !!!!

RIP

[hlthe2b]

13. Ohhh. I hate reading that. RIP, Eddie

He seemed like such a fun guy and always made me smile to see him.

[GoCubsGo]

14. Fucking 2020.

[Baked Potato]

15. Oh crap.

[melman]

16. Oh my God

I don't even know what to say. RIP to the greatest ever.

[ellie]

17. What in the actual hell?

[MissB]

18. Well shit

[Bleacher Creature]

19. Seriously?? I didn't even know he was sick.

RIP (I really hate 2020)

[exboyfil]

31. He had tongue cancer

and had part of it removed. I don't know if it metastasized.

Too bad. Loved his wife as an actress (Valerie B.). Enjoyed listening to his music when I jogged (before Audiobooks got big).

[TexasBushwhacker]

113. He had the tongue cancer back in 2001 I believe

They had to do radiation treatments and remove a third of his tongue. He was cancer free for a while, but it came back in his throat and neck and I'm sure that meant lymph node involvement. Once it gets in your lymph nodes, it's going to go everywhere. From Valerie Bertinelli's tweet, it sounds like it ended up in his lungs. Cancer is a motherfucker.

[machI]

20. RIP Eddie

[ProfessorGAC]

21. Damn!

What a crappy year!
Not merely a great guitar player, but a trailblazer. Rock guitar changed forever because of him.
He was Jeff Beck on steroids! And I mean that in a good way.
I'm guessing his brother is devastated. They've been joined at the hip since they were little kids!

[dewsgirl]

23. RIP😔

[Alacritous Crier]

24. Damn!

RIP

[jayfish]

25. He Changed Rock Guitar Forever.

Jimmy Page pretty much said Eddie was on another plane. RIP!

Oh, and he stole my girlfriend.

[gademocrat7]

26. R.I.P. Eddie.

Very sad news.

[consider_this]

27. Tooooo damn sad.

I was like 'whaaaaaaaht!!' when that first album came out. Man did he bring it.

R.I.P.

[Dave Starsky]

40. Everyone had that reaction.

Eruption was a shot heard round the world.

[Leghorn21]

28. Oh no, I did not know he was ill

so sorry

[catbyte]

44. He's been fighting cancer on & off since 2001.

https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/79952/eddie-van-halen-confirms-cancer-diagnosis

[Leghorn21]

62. Aw geeze - thank you, I've obviously not been paying proper attention

[SergeStorms]

78. Didn't know that.

He made it nearly 20 years anyway. Still....... that sucks. Only 65 years old, but what a 65 years those were.

[peggysue2]

29. 2020 just keeps on giving

Bad news to worse.

[11 Bravo]

30. Ahhh, SHIT!

[Dem2theMax]

32. .

I've run out of words.

[colorado_ufo]

33. So sorry -

[Tommymac]

34. Godspeed Eddie

[Dave Starsky]

35. I can't even.

Just... Fuck.

[NBachers]

36. Oh man. how can this be true? I can't even. . .

[PCIntern]

37. Holy shit.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

38. Cross gently, Eddie.......you will be missed.

[denbot]

39. I remember watching their band perform in backyard keggers, and H.S. gyms.

They hadn’t signed a contract yet, but they were a favorite local band due to the insane number of surfer chicks at their gigs.. Good times.

[Granny M]

52. I was from Pasadena. I remember them from PCC.

He was a year younger than I am. This is awful.

[cbdo2007]

54. wow, that would have been amazing to see him then

[NewJeffCT]

122. wow

that would have been amazing to see

[Skraxx]

41. The Curse of '20 Continues...

[melman]

42. This one really gets me

Van Halen is my all time favorite band and Edward Van Halen is my all time musical hero. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.

[bdamomma]

43. Sad news

[malaise]

46. He was only 65

Damn!

[bdamomma]

82. crap

he was young, too sad.

[CaptainTruth]

45. F***********K

Damn 2020 sucks...

[crickets]

47. Well, damn.

[Granny M]

48. Oh, no.

Heartbreaking.

[mcar]

49. ...

[MrScorpio]

50. My wife will take this news particularly badly

Like Eddie, she was also born in the Netherlands to Indonesian parents and then immigrated to states. She always told me that she was proud to have that in common with the Van Halens.

May he rest in power.

[spanone]

51. RIP Eddie.

Amazing Guitarist....

[Different Drummer]

53. Can 2020 Just Commit Suicide?!

Damn, just damn! RIP, Eddie!

[Celerity]

98. not a good wish with a defeated, psychotic, desperate Trump's finger on the nuclear trigger

[lostnfound]

118. You forgot "drugged"

“drugged, defeated, psychotic, desperate Trump's finger”

[Celerity]

120. roid rage, sub zero IQ, and nukes, what could possibly go wrong?

[NorthOf270]

55. Sad

Eddie made a lot of missteps later on when it came to the band (getting rid of Michael Anthony was unforgivable) but his talent was undisputed. It was his name so I guess his band. I spent many a teenage nights air guitaring his solo to Hot For Teacher.

RIP

[DemUnleashed]

56. Horrible!

2020, you suck! Started with Kobe Bryant's death and downhill from there

[Stinky The Clown]

57. Way too young. WAY too young.

[Escurumbele]

58. No, we never recover from that loss

My father died 30 years ago, and I still think of him every day, I miss him every day.

Very sorry to hear about Eddie Van Helen, such a nice guy and great musician, my son's guitar idol.

Damn, the good ones leave us so early, and the real bad ones still around.

[cbdo2007]

59. And I've got to say it - Coolest guitar paint job ever!

RIP Eddie

[ismnotwasm]

60. Fuck you 2020

Just fuck off

[MontanaMama]

61. Dang. This is so sad to me.

My husband just walked into my office with this news. RIP Eddie.

2020 just keeps on sucking. Bad.

[Snackshack]

63. 2020...

Has just been one gut punch after another...CSMF...


R.I.P. EVH...🕯

[Harker]

64. I still remember the first time someone popped on

their debut record.

I had heard nothing like it. He influenced many to come afterwards and had his imitators, but he was a pioneer.

[jayfish]

73. Their First Four Were All Masterpieces.

The rest? ...not so much.

[njhoneybadger]

65. RIP Eddie

[cayugafalls]

66. RIP Eddie...so sad. Rockin' with the greats now...

[jayfish]

79. "So thaaaats how you did that. I've been trying to figure it out for years"

[cayugafalls]

85. ...

[jayfish]

87. You'll Figure It Out. -NT-

[cayugafalls]

88. You're reading something into my post that ain't there.

I understand what you may be implying but your own mind is reading it wrong...no worries.

Eddie was a Great. I just alluded to all the other greats we have lost...

Take it for what you will.

[DinahMoeHum]

67. OMFG !!!!

Cross gently, man.

[SweepPicker]

68. One of the

greatest and one of the reasons myself and many picked up the guitar. Rest in peace, hero.

[Illumination]

69. What a talent & what a shock!...

[SunSeeker]

70. So sad.

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[Kingofalldems]

72. RIP

[SergeStorms]

74. It doesn't seem possible.

Damn, he was way too young. One helluva' of a guitar player. Rock and Roll heaven is inducting one of the very best today.

[Ilsa]

75. So horrible. I feel for his son and other family or ex family.

RIP, Eddie. You made an enduring mark on music.

[ALBliberal]

77. Caca!!!!!

[marble falls]

80. Forgot his cancer. What a terrible reminder.

[Hamer555]

81. Devastating. I am seriously crushed.

[jalan48]

83. RIP

[SunSeeker]

115. I literally wore that album out in high school.

I still own it, scratched to shit. Too much sentimental value to throw it away.

[kozar]

84. DAMN DAMN DAMN

and just DAMN



Koz

[edbermac]

86. Eddie dead and Typhoid Donnie still here.

[Rebl2]

92. Makes no

since does it.😢😢😢

[Upthevibe]

89. He was among one of the best

guitarists.....So very, very talented. I posted on another thread that Van Halen music brings back such great memories for me and their MTV videos were just classic....R.I.P. Eddie....

[Dukkha]

90. Guitarists raise our axes in salute!

Doesn't matter what style you were everyone who played looked to EVH as an inspiration. I wore out my 1978 copy of their debut LP it was a mind blowing game changer back then.

RIP to a legend

[Rebl2]

91. I didn't

realize he was still battling cancer. Thought he had beat it several years ago. So sorry for his his son, Wolfgang.

[Chicagogrl1]

94. I am 💔

No words! Grew up to Van Halen. Saw them a couple years ago. So glad i got to see him. I am gutted😭

[Niagara]

95. R.I.P Eddie

[Withywindle]

96. Terrible, terrible news

I'm so glad I got to see them live in their glory days. What a SHOW.

The thing that struck me so much about him was what a great time he always seemed to be having. Nothing broody or angsty, his whole demeanor was like, "I have the greatest job in the world, and it FUCKING RULES."

Too soon, Eddie. You'll be missed. I can still hear you shredding up there, heaven just got a lot LOUDER.

[JDC]

97. Wow.

[Catherine Vincent]

99. Rest in peace.

[blueseas]

100. NOOOOOOOO

Oh man.

[Mr. Evil]

102. R.I.P. (Rock In Peace), Eddie.

I remember vividly the first VH song I ever heard, Runnin' With The Devil.' I kept saying "WOW!" and a few other choice words to describe my excitement. Went out and bought the album and cassette the next day. He changed everything going into the 80's. A true pioneer and legend.

[Sophiegirl]

103. I don't know much about Eddie, but...

...I adore Valerie and my heart goes out to her and her family.

RIP

[UserNotFound]

104. A very sad day for all of those who admired him...

I'll always remember the 1st time I heard Runnin' With the Devil. I just kinda sat there with my mouth hanging open...

[BigmanPigman]

105. Anyone who names their kid Wolfgang is cool in my book.

[JohnnyRingo]

106. The good ones never stick around long enough.

Kid Rock and Pat Boone will be around forever.

Goodbye EVH ☹

[warmfeet]

107. Damn, we keep losing the good ones.

RIP Eddie.

[melman]

108. Valerie Bertinelli

Link to tweet

[world wide wally]

109. Peace and love to one of the very best.

Thank you, Eddie

[mahatmakanejeeves]

110. Marshal Kim Jong-Un does not worship gods as most humans know them, but if he did, ...

Marshal Kim Jong-Un does not worship gods as most humans know them, but if he did, he would worship “rock god” Eddie Van Halen.

Link to tweet

[Blue Owl]

111. Eddie was already a fucking legend

He'll be remembered as the greatest guitarist in rock and roll history -- and rightly so...

[Backseat Driver]

112. My sympathies, Wolfgang!

Dammit, how many times, this year alone, can music die?

Thank you for sharing your talent, Edward Lodewijk Van Halen; JUMP on up and always play among the stars!

[Olafjoy]

114. God I loved Van Halen

Oh Eddie you sexy god with glorious hair and amazing fingers. 2020 continues the unbelievable suck. I am blasting him/them as part of my November 3rd soundtrack

[dchill]

116. RIPEVH

[Alacritous Crier]

119. RIP

[BootinUp]

121. bye Eddie. sniff

[ScratchCat]

124. Ahhhhh...

Around 4:00 yesterday, MTV Classic went to playing the same 7 VH videos over and over, and I wondered if something had happened to Ed. Damn, my fears were correct. They usually put a "rip" on the screen or show a black screen with dates in between commercials when they do this, but nothing like that yesterday. Couldn't find anything on the CNN ticker or E!