CHULA VISTA, CA - SEPTEMBER 30: Guitarist Eddie Van Halen of Van Halen performs on stage at Sleep Train Amphitheatre on September 30, 2015 in Chula Vista, California. (Photo by Daniel Knighton/Getty Images) LOS ANGELES - Eddie Van Halen, rock icon, legendary guitarist and co-founder of Van Halen, has died of cancer.
He was 65.His son, Wolfgang, posted a tribute to the musician to social media on Tuesday. “I can’t believe I’m having to write this,” he wrote. “But my father, Edward Lodewijk Van Halen, has lost his long and arduous battle with cancer this morning.” According to FOX News, Van Halen had been battling throat cancer since he was first diagnosed in 2000.In 2015, Billboard magazine reported Van Halen had tongue cancer, which.
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