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Eddie Van Halen, American legend

By Becket Adams

Published October 7, 2020 2:57pm ET

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Eddie Van Halen, American legend — Eddie Van Halen, whose pyrotechnic, bombastic guitar playing set the 1980s on fire, has died. The guitarist’s death was announced Tuesday by his son, Wolfgang. “I can’t believe I’m having to write this,” he said, “but my father, Edward Lodewijk Van Halen, has lost his long and arduous battle with cancer this morning. He was […]

Eddie Van Halen, whose pyrotechnic, bombastic guitar playing set the 1980s on fire, has died.

The guitarist’s death was announced Tuesday by his son, Wolfgang.

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