Valerie Bertinelli and Son Wolfgang Remember Eddie Van Halen 2 Years After His Death: 'Miss You'

Mar. 15, 2025

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Valerie Bertinelliand sonWolfgang Van Halenare paying tribute to the lateEddie Van Halenon the two-year anniversary of his death.

After hedied from cancer at age 65in 2020, Eddie’s ex-wife Bertinelli, 62 — whom he was married to from 1981 until 2007 — and the son they shared together remembered the rocker with warm tributes posted on their respective Instagram pages on Thursday.

Bertinelli, for her part, shared athrowback imageof Eddie holding a young Wolfgang in his arms. She captioned the shot with two white hearts.

The actress and Food Network star also shared the same image on herInstagram Story, alongside a different throwback photograph of herself and Eddie.

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Eddie, who was the co-founder of legendary bandVan Halen,diedon Oct 6, 2020, following a years-long battle with cancer, Wolf confirmed on Twitter.

“I can’t believe I’m having to write this, but my father, Edward Lodewijk Van Halen, has lost his long and arduous battle with cancer this morning,” he wrote at the time. “He was the best father I could ask for. Every moment I’ve shared with him on and off stage was a gift.”

“My heart is broken and I don’t think I’ll ever recover from this loss,” he added. “I love you so much, Pop.”

At the time of his death, Eddie’s wife, Janie Liszewski, was present at the hospital alongside Wolf and Bertinelli.

While in conversation with PEOPLE in December 2021, Wolf said that he sometimes finds himselfmaking similar moves to his late dadwhen he’s on stage, even if it’s unintentional.

“It just happens,” he told PEOPLE. “I just go up there and be myself. There’s been a handful of moments though, where I’ve done something, and then I realize, like, ‘Oh s—, Dad used to do that all the time on stage.’ And I realized maybe the way he moved or the way he smiled when he played something, I was like, ‘Oh, f—, he would do that all the time.’ "

source: people.com