Despite living a colorful rocker life in his heydays, Eddie Van Halen spent his last two years alone and later confessed love to his ex-wife despite being married. Let’s look into the music legend’s life and tragic end.
After appearing on “One Day At A Time,” Bertinelli quickly became America’s favorite girl next door. At only 20, her brothers invited her to a Van Halen concert in Shreveport, Louisiana, and when she met the guitarist, it was love at first sight.
Valerie Bertinelli and Eddie Van Halen at the St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Westwood, California | Source: Getty Images
THEY MARRIED WITHIN MONTHS OF MEETING
Bertinelli fell hard and was pleasantly surprised when three days after the concert, she got a call from Van Halen asking her if she’d meet him. She recalled:
“So I went out and visited, and we never separated from then on.”
Despite Van Halen’s bad boy image, Bertinelli felt he was a gentleman, and soon after they started dating, he insisted on sleeping in a separate bed because that is the kind of gentleman he was.
Their relationship progressed fast, and within eight months of the first meeting, they already had a date set for their wedding. However, Halen had taken up an unpleasant habit in the months leading to their big day. He was drinking and smoking every day, despite his manager, Noel E. Monk, asking him to refrain.
