R.I.P. Eddie Van Halen

Eddie Van Halen has died. He was 65. Cancer finally took him after 15-20 years of on/off battling. He had recovered. He was back. And then he wasn’t. In recent times it’s clear he was ‘hidden’ from public, the band’s run over. Their final album arriving some years ago now.

It was Wednesday morning, NZ time, when I heard the news. And there have been so m…