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Horrible news.

Didn't he survive lung cancer about twenty years ago ?

RIP Eddie . . .

Jump dude . . .
Might as well jump.

Can't believe it.

In 1984, we Jumped into Panama. 5 years later, we went back.

When men were men, and women didn't say they were men, too. And Dinosaurs roamed the Canal.

But God will surely let Eddie into heaven, because he killed disco.

I remember dancing with a hot gal at the Lamar to Panama! One of my best memories of the 80’s. She helped me through a tough time and I later found out she was a reporter for Clarion Ledger. She had legs all the way up to here and was the sweetest people you have ever met. We had many great times listening to Van Halen. I really miss those days

Now, this is truly a Tragedy. Gone but never to be forgotten.

Stay old, Geezer blog!

Stay old, Geezer blog!

Keep sanding that rope loser.

HaHa while your listening to your no talent whatever you want to call it besides music noise.

Been crushing on Eddie since I was 13 years old. My heart is broken. He truly was a guitar genius. Rest easy Eddie....

Didn’t he play the guitar riff on Michael Jackson’s “Beat It” or was that someone else?

That was Eddie on "Beat It". His guitar helped make that song in my opinion. There was a story that he was being discouraged from doing the song, but the rest is history.

His guitar skills are legendary. I remember even getting my mom to listen to some VH back then, even though she really only listened to Motown and Blues.

Truly, there was electric guitar before EVH then electric guitar after. Whether you like Van Halen's music or not, his influence on rock music is incontrovertible.

"Been crushing on Eddie since I was 13 years old. My heart is broken. He truly was a guitar genius. Rest easy Eddie...."

He WAS a guitar genius.

I still have a crush on his ex wife Valerie Bertinelli.

Don't what happened with those two, but for many years they were the "it" couple.

Valerie got tire of his three-packs-a-day smoking habit, and alcoholism.

@9:03AM

Agreed. He definitely made the song more than what it might’ve been without the riff.

Legendary guitarist.

Eddie helped propel that Michael Jackson "freak show" to superstar status.

If he knew what was going on at Michael Jackson's "Neverland" . . . I doubt he would have even considered meeting Michael Jackson for lunch.

Eddie VanHalen, Neil Peart earlier this year... Very sad

2020

Steve Lukather played the rhythm part, EVH played the solo.