Guitar God, Eddie Van Halen, Died After Long Battle with Cancer
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It was the first in a string of top-selling albums that would make Van Halen one of the biggest rock acts of the late 1970s and early 1980s with hits like Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love, Jump, Panama and Hot for Teacher.
Eddie Van Halen's pioneering, virtuoso technique earned him a place along the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin as one of rock's top guitarists. In 2012 a Guitar World magazine poll of readers voted him the greatest guitar player of all time.
Roth split from the band in 1984 and was replaced for a decade by Sammy Hagar.
"Heartbroken and speechless. My love to the family," Hagar said in a tweet.
Eddie Van Halen's pioneering, virtuoso technique earned him a place along the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin as one of rock's top guitarists. In 2012 a Guitar World magazine poll of readers voted him the greatest guitar player of all time.
Roth split from the band in 1984 and was replaced for a decade by Sammy Hagar.
"Heartbroken and speechless. My love to the family," Hagar said in a tweet.
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