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R.I.P. Eddie Van Halen

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wales Offline Smashie

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R.I.P. Eddie Van Halen
on: October 06, 2020, 11:40:50 PM
Sad, 10 years is a long time to battle cancer

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54443394



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Re: R.I.P. Eddie Van Halen
Reply #1 on: October 06, 2020, 11:42:56 PM
Sad news indeed :cry:
You should seriously visit vicfan.com. All the hoopy froods are doing it.
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Re: R.I.P. Eddie Van Halen
Reply #2 on: October 06, 2020, 11:59:31 PM
I was about to post the sad news too...  :cry:

Very sad news indeed...  R.I.P. Eddie...  :cry: :cry:

One of my favorite VH songs. Love the keyboard intro, love the guitar solo... Eddie played both  :salute:

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R.I.P. Eddie Van Halen
Reply #3 on: October 07, 2020, 12:53:56 AM
Just found out too, so sad

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Re: R.I.P. Eddie Van Halen
Reply #4 on: October 07, 2020, 03:30:30 AM
I thought he had beaten the cancer. I guess it came back.  VH was a big part of my youth.
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Re: R.I.P. Eddie Van Halen
Reply #5 on: October 07, 2020, 08:37:07 AM
R.I.P

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Re: R.I.P. Eddie Van Halen
Reply #6 on: October 07, 2020, 08:50:00 AM
Such sad news  :cry:
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Re: R.I.P. Eddie Van Halen
Reply #7 on: October 07, 2020, 10:19:22 AM
Part of our youth (one more) gone forever... R.I.P Mr. Ed  :(
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Re: R.I.P. Eddie Van Halen
Reply #8 on: October 07, 2020, 10:25:12 AM
saw this this morning. rip
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Re: R.I.P. Eddie Van Halen
Reply #9 on: October 07, 2020, 01:46:38 PM
Sad news !
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Re: R.I.P. Eddie Van Halen
Reply #10 on: October 07, 2020, 01:55:37 PM
RIP   :cry:
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Re: R.I.P. Eddie Van Halen
Reply #11 on: October 07, 2020, 03:23:30 PM
Van Halen was part of the soundtrack to my youth. Even rock gods are mortal. RIP EVH, hope to see you on the other side.
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Re: R.I.P. Eddie Van Halen
Reply #12 on: October 10, 2020, 01:30:22 PM
Quote from: Alan K. on October 07, 2020, 03:30:30 AM
I thought he had beaten the cancer. I guess it came back.  VH was a big part of my youth.


He had.   Mostly.

About a year or so ago he had been hospitalized (again) and he was so close to the end that they had called family and friends in to say goodbye.  Valerie Bertinelli even left the set of Hot in Cleveland to visit him one more time, and yet he hung on this long.

I'll bet he and Randy Rhoads are locked in a heck of a guitar battle right now, just like they used to on Sunset Strip.

RIP EVH.  You may not play anymore for us, but you have left a legacy that no modern musicians can hope to live up to.

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Re: R.I.P. Eddie Van Halen
Reply #13 on: October 11, 2020, 08:38:41 PM
Thanks for the music Eddie. Often imitated but never duplicated.
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Re: R.I.P. Eddie Van Halen
Reply #14 on: October 11, 2020, 11:47:46 PM
Definitely part of the soundtrack of my youth.

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