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MrScorpio

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50. My wife will take this news particularly badly

Tue Oct 6, 2020, 03:58 PM

Oct 2020

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.

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Oh no! BusyBeingBest Oct 2020 #1

NO! no_hypocrisy Oct 2020 #2

oh fuck!!!! no cbdo2007 Oct 2020 #3

Fuck 2020 Le Roi de Pot Oct 2020 #4

Worst year ever!!! Initech Oct 2020 #22

This Roland99 Oct 2020 #93

Covid ... aggiesal Oct 2020 #101

No, EVH died of cancer. Nt lostnfound Oct 2020 #117

I know that ... aggiesal Oct 2020 #123

RIP Eddie. CottonBear Oct 2020 #5

Chills live love laugh Oct 2020 #6

My God! Ohiogal Oct 2020 #7

2020 can go piss up a flagpole FirstLight Oct 2020 #8

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! vercetti2021 Oct 2020 #9

This year just keeps going from bad to worse. n/t OnlinePoker Oct 2020 #10

2020 has taken so much and so many, now this too 0rganism Oct 2020 #11

Neil Peart! jayfish Oct 2020 #71

It ushered in such a shitty year--still can't get over Neil Peart. BusyBeingBest Oct 2020 #76

Wow love you Eddie !!!! RANDYWILDMAN Oct 2020 #12

Ohhh. I hate reading that. RIP, Eddie hlthe2b Oct 2020 #13

Fucking 2020. GoCubsGo Oct 2020 #14

Oh crap. Baked Potato Oct 2020 #15

Oh my God melman Oct 2020 #16

What in the actual hell? ellie Oct 2020 #17

Well shit MissB Oct 2020 #18

Seriously?? I didn't even know he was sick. Bleacher Creature Oct 2020 #19

He had tongue cancer exboyfil Oct 2020 #31

He had the tongue cancer back in 2001 I believe TexasBushwhacker Oct 2020 #113

RIP Eddie machI Oct 2020 #20

Damn! ProfessorGAC Oct 2020 #21

RIP😔 dewsgirl Oct 2020 #23

Damn! Alacritous Crier Oct 2020 #24

He Changed Rock Guitar Forever. jayfish Oct 2020 #25

R.I.P. Eddie. gademocrat7 Oct 2020 #26

Tooooo damn sad. consider_this Oct 2020 #27

Everyone had that reaction. Dave Starsky Oct 2020 #40

Oh no, I did not know he was ill Leghorn21 Oct 2020 #28

He's been fighting cancer on & off since 2001. catbyte Oct 2020 #44

Aw geeze - thank you, I've obviously not been paying proper attention Leghorn21 Oct 2020 #62

Didn't know that. SergeStorms Oct 2020 #78

2020 just keeps on giving peggysue2 Oct 2020 #29

Ahhh, SHIT! 11 Bravo Oct 2020 #30

. Dem2theMax Oct 2020 #32

So sorry - colorado_ufo Oct 2020 #33

Godspeed Eddie Tommymac Oct 2020 #34

I can't even. Dave Starsky Oct 2020 #35

Oh man. how can this be true? I can't even. . . NBachers Oct 2020 #36

Holy shit. PCIntern Oct 2020 #37

Cross gently, Eddie.......you will be missed. CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2020 #38

I remember watching their band perform in backyard keggers, and H.S. gyms. denbot Oct 2020 #39

I was from Pasadena. I remember them from PCC. Granny M Oct 2020 #52

wow, that would have been amazing to see him then cbdo2007 Oct 2020 #54

wow NewJeffCT Oct 2020 #122

The Curse of '20 Continues... Skraxx Oct 2020 #41

This one really gets me melman Oct 2020 #42

Sad news bdamomma Oct 2020 #43

He was only 65 malaise Oct 2020 #46

crap bdamomma Oct 2020 #82

F***********K CaptainTruth Oct 2020 #45

Well, damn. crickets Oct 2020 #47

Oh, no. Granny M Oct 2020 #48

... mcar Oct 2020 #49

My wife will take this news particularly badly MrScorpio Oct 2020 #50

RIP Eddie. spanone Oct 2020 #51

Can 2020 Just Commit Suicide?! Different Drummer Oct 2020 #53

not a good wish with a defeated, psychotic, desperate Trump's finger on the nuclear trigger Celerity Oct 2020 #98

You forgot "drugged" lostnfound Oct 2020 #118

roid rage, sub zero IQ, and nukes, what could possibly go wrong? Celerity Oct 2020 #120

Sad NorthOf270 Oct 2020 #55

Horrible! DemUnleashed Oct 2020 #56

Way too young. WAY too young. Stinky The Clown Oct 2020 #57

No, we never recover from that loss Escurumbele Oct 2020 #58

And I've got to say it - Coolest guitar paint job ever! cbdo2007 Oct 2020 #59

Fuck you 2020 ismnotwasm Oct 2020 #60

Dang. This is so sad to me. MontanaMama Oct 2020 #61

2020... Snackshack Oct 2020 #63

I still remember the first time someone popped on Harker Oct 2020 #64

Their First Four Were All Masterpieces. jayfish Oct 2020 #73

RIP Eddie njhoneybadger Oct 2020 #65

RIP Eddie...so sad. Rockin' with the greats now... cayugafalls Oct 2020 #66

"So thaaaats how you did that. I've been trying to figure it out for years" jayfish Oct 2020 #79

... cayugafalls Oct 2020 #85

You'll Figure It Out. -NT- jayfish Oct 2020 #87

You're reading something into my post that ain't there. cayugafalls Oct 2020 #88

OMFG !!!! DinahMoeHum Oct 2020 #67

One of the SweepPicker Oct 2020 #68

What a talent & what a shock!... Illumination Oct 2020 #69

So sad. SunSeeker Oct 2020 #70

RIP Kingofalldems Oct 2020 #72

It doesn't seem possible. SergeStorms Oct 2020 #74

So horrible. I feel for his son and other family or ex family. Ilsa Oct 2020 #75

Caca!!!!! ALBliberal Oct 2020 #77

Forgot his cancer. What a terrible reminder. marble falls Oct 2020 #80

Devastating. I am seriously crushed. Hamer555 Oct 2020 #81

RIP jalan48 Oct 2020 #83

I literally wore that album out in high school. SunSeeker Oct 2020 #115

DAMN DAMN DAMN kozar Oct 2020 #84

Eddie dead and Typhoid Donnie still here. edbermac Oct 2020 #86

Makes no Rebl2 Oct 2020 #92

He was among one of the best Upthevibe Oct 2020 #89

Guitarists raise our axes in salute! Dukkha Oct 2020 #90

I didn't Rebl2 Oct 2020 #91

I am 💔 Chicagogrl1 Oct 2020 #94

R.I.P Eddie Niagara Oct 2020 #95

Terrible, terrible news Withywindle Oct 2020 #96

Wow. JDC Oct 2020 #97

Rest in peace. Catherine Vincent Oct 2020 #99

NOOOOOOOO blueseas Oct 2020 #100

R.I.P. (Rock In Peace), Eddie. Mr. Evil Oct 2020 #102

I don't know much about Eddie, but... Sophiegirl Oct 2020 #103

A very sad day for all of those who admired him... UserNotFound Oct 2020 #104

Anyone who names their kid Wolfgang is cool in my book. BigmanPigman Oct 2020 #105

The good ones never stick around long enough. JohnnyRingo Oct 2020 #106

Damn, we keep losing the good ones. warmfeet Oct 2020 #107

Valerie Bertinelli melman Oct 2020 #108

Peace and love to one of the very best. world wide wally Oct 2020 #109

Marshal Kim Jong-Un does not worship gods as most humans know them, but if he did, ... mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2020 #110

Eddie was already a fucking legend Blue Owl Oct 2020 #111

My sympathies, Wolfgang! Backseat Driver Oct 2020 #112

God I loved Van Halen Olafjoy Oct 2020 #114

RIPEVH dchill Oct 2020 #116

RIP Alacritous Crier Oct 2020 #119

bye Eddie. sniff BootinUp Oct 2020 #121

Ahhhhh... ScratchCat Oct 2020 #124