Rock star Eddie Van Halen dies at age 65
Daily MailRock star Eddie Van Halen died at the age of 65 on Tuesday. He is seen left in April 2017 and right in 1984 at Madison Square Garden in New York Van Halen Eddie Van Halen, Michael Anthony, Alex Van Halen and David Lee Roth. The band is pictured in 1978 Bandmate David Lee Roth on Tuesday night paid tribute to Eddie Van Halen Roth, his bandmate, tweeted: 'What a Long Great Trip It's Been.' 'I can't believe I'm having to write this but my father, Edward Lodewijk Van Halen, has lost his long and arduous battle with cancer this morning,' his son Wolfgang Van Halen said in a tweet Eddie Van Halen's ex-wife and mother of his son Wolfie replied to their son's tweet with a series of broken heart emojis Vivid: Fans decorated Eddie's handprints at Hollywood Guitar Center in Los Angeles A bandanna autographed by late rock legend Eddie Van Halen on the Hollywood Rock Walk Eddie Van Halen memorial tribute and handprints at Hollywood Guitar Center Jimmy Kimmel tweeted: 'Two of the best hours of my life were spent chatting with Eddie Van Halen. He was then asked by producer Quincy Jones to perform the guitar solo on Michael Jackson's Beat It before Jump became the band's only number one Eddie Van Halen, David Lee Roth, Alex Van Halen and Michael Anthony of Van Halen in London in 1978 For much of his career, Eddie Van Halen wrote and experimented with sounds while drunk or high - or both.