Eddie Van Halen is gone (10/6/2020)

(This is a repeat of a PopTimeMachine post from one year ago yesterday - Oct. 6th, 2020)

Eddie Van Halen (1955-2020) lost a battle with cancer a few hours ago according to his son, Wolfgang in Santa Monica, California. Of his superhuman guitar wizardry one fellow guitarist commented, “He’s like Mozart for guitar.” The common question asked after observing one of his solos: “How did he do that?!” EVH @ 65 RIP.

See Rolling Stone article today for more:

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/eddie-van-halen-dead-200051/amp/