What did Eddie Van Halen die of?

Eddie Van Halen

What were Eddie Van Halen’s last words?

Eddie Van Halen’s final words to Valerie Bertinelli and their son, Wolfgang, were “I love you.” In her new memoir, “Enough Already: Learning to Love the Way I Am Today,” Bertinelli recalled her final moments with the rocker, who lost his battle to throat cancer in October 2020.

Who died in Van Halen?

Eddie Van Halen died of cancer at 65 in October 2020, after struggling with the disease on and off for two decades.

What caused Van Halen’s cancer?

While Van Halen admitted to heavy cigarette, drug and alcohol use, he had another theory behind his cancer. “I used metal picks — they’re brass and copper — which I always held in my mouth, in the exact place where I got the tongue cancer,” he said in a 2015 interview with Billboard.