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Highlights from the rock career of legendary guitarist Eddie Van Halen

By Associated Press and Honolulu Star-Advertiser Staff

Oct. 6, 2020

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ASSOCIATED PRESS / 1984

Van Halen guitarist Eddie Van Halen, left, performing "Beat It" with Michael Jackson during Jackson's Victory Tour concert in Irving, Texas. Van Halen, who had battled cancer, died Tuesday, Oct. 6. He was 65.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS / 1984

Van Halen guitarist Eddie Van Halen, left, performing "Beat It" with Michael Jackson during Jackson's Victory Tour concert in Irving, Texas. Van Halen, who had battled cancer, died Tuesday, Oct. 6. He was 65.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS

The rock group Van Halen, clockwise from left: Alex Van Halen, Eddie Van Halen, Michael Anthony and Sammy Hagar appear in a 1988 photo. Eddie Van Halen, who had battled cancer, died Tuesday, Oct. 6. He was 65.
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STAR-ADVERTISER PHOTO BY DENNIS ODA / 1998

Van Halen performs at Neal Blaisdell Center with band members Michael Anthony, Gary Cherone, Alex Van Halen (drummer) and Eddie Van Halen.
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STAR-ADVERTISER PHOTO BY DENNIS ODA / 1998

Eddie Van Halen and lead singer Gary Cherone peform a concert at the Neal Blaisdell Center.
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STAR-ADVERTISER PHOTO BY DENNIS ODA / 1998

Eddie Van Halen rocks out on his guitar at a Neal Blaisdell Center concert.
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STAR-ADVERTISER PHOTO BY DENNIS ODA / 1998

Eddie Van Halen performs his trademark jump at a Neal Blaisdell Center concert.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS / 1993

Van Halen is seen in Los Angeles. Members of Van Halen, from left, left, Michael Anthony, bass guitar, Sammy Hagar, lead singer, Alex Van Halen, drums, and Eddie Van Halen, lead guitar appear in Los Angeles. Eddie Van Halen, who had battled cancer, died Tuesday, Oct. 6. He was 65.
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TIM BRAKEMEIER/DPA VIA AP / 1995

The former singer of the rock group "Van Halen," Sammy Hagar, left, and lead guitarist Eddie Van Halen, right, perform at the concert "Rock am Ring" at the N'rburgring, in Germany. Van Halen, the guitar virtuoso whose blinding speed, control and innovation propelled his band Van Halen into one of hard rock’s biggest groups, has died at age 65. A person close to Van Halen’s family confirmed the rocker died Tuesday, Oct. 6, due to cancer.
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JOHN MUNSON/NJ ADVANCE MEDIA VIA AP / 2004

Eddie Van Halen plays the final chord of "Jump" during the Van Halen concert at the Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, N,.J. Eddie Van Halen, the guitar virtuoso whose blinding speed, control and innovation propelled his band Van Halen into one of hard rock’s biggest groups, died Tuesday, Oct. 6. Van Halen, who had battled cancer, was 65.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS / 2007

David Lee Roth, left, gets a kiss from his former bandmate in Van Halen, Eddie Van Halen, after they announced the bands north American tour during a news conference at the Four Seasons Hotel in Los Angeles.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS / 2012

Guitarist Eddie Van Halen of the band Van Halen performing in Los Angeles. Van Halen underwent an emergency surgery for the digestive disease diverticulitis and is canceling his tour in Japan to recover. His representative said Thursday, Aug. 30, that Van Halen had “a severe bout of diverticulitis” and is expected to recover in four to six months. Diverticulitis is a painful condition that involves the formation of pouches on the outside of the colon.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS / 2012

Wolfgang Van Halen, David Lee Roth, and Eddie Van Halen of Van Halen perform at the KFC Yum! Center on the opening night of the "A Different Kind of Truth" tour in Louisville, Kentucky.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS / 2012

David Lee Roth and Eddie Van Halen of Van Halen perform at the KFC Yum! Center on the opening night of the "A Different Kind of Truth" tour in Louisville, Kentucky.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS / 2015

David Lee Roth, left, and Eddie Van Halen of Van Halen perform at the Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS / 2015

David Lee Roth, left, and Eddie Van Halen of Van Halen perform in Wantagh, N.Y. Van Halen, who had battled cancer, died Tuesday, Oct. 6. He was 65.
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OWEN SWEENEY/INVISION/AP / 2015

Musician Eddie Van Halen poses with his "Frankenstein guitar" before the "What It Means to Be American" program at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington. Van Halen, who had battled cancer, died Tuesday, Oct. 6. He was 65.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS / 2015

David Lee Roth, left, and Eddie Van Halen of Van Halen perform at the Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre in Irvine, Calif.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS / 2015

Eddie Van Halen of Van Halen performs in Wantagh, N.Y. Van Halen, who had battled cancer, died Tuesday, Oct. 6. He was 65.

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