Eddie Van Halen Eddie Van Halen from Van Halen poses backstage at Lewisham Odeon in London in May 1978. (Fin Costello/Redferns)
Eddie Van Halen Eddie Van Halen poses on a tour bus in 1978. (Fin Costello/Redferns)
Eddie Van Halen Eddie Van Halen strikes a pose at the Kouseinennkinn-kaikan in Tokyo during a June 1978 concert. (Koh Hasebe/Shinko Music/Getty Images)
Eddie Van Halen ddie Van Halen, of the group Van Halen, performs onstage in 1979 at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago. (Paul Natkin/Getty Images)
Eddie Van Halen David Lee Roth and Eddie Van Halen perform on stage at the Pinkpop Festival in May 1980. (Rob Verhorst/Redferns)
Eddie Van Halen Eddie Van Halen was married to actress Valerie Bertinelli from 1981 until their divorce in 1987. (Kevork Djansezian/Associated Press, File)
Eddie Van Halen Eddie Van Halen and Michael Jackson perform "Beat It" in 1984. Van Halen's blistering solo in the Jackson song remains one of the more memorable licks in rock 'n' roll history. (Carlos Osorio/Associated Press )
Eddie Van Halen Members of Van Halen, from left, left, Michael Anthony, bass guitar, Sammy Hagar, lead singer, Alex Van Halen, drums, and Eddie Van Halen, lead guitar appear in Los Angeles in 1993. (Kevork Djansezian, File/Associated Press) (KEVORK DJANSEZIAN)
Eddie Van Halen Eddie Van Halen plays the final chord of "Jump" during the Van Halen concert in 2004 at the Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
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Eddie Van Halen David Lee Roth, left, and Eddie Van Halen of Van Halen perform in Wantagh, New York, during a 2015 concert. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP, File) (Greg Allen)
