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Eddie Van Halen
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Dutch-American rock guitarist (1955–2020)
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Eddie Van Halen was a musician whose professional career began in 1964 and concluded in 2020. He was born on January 26, 1955, and passed away on October 6, 2020.
The official Van Halen website, van-halen.com, serves as the group's primary online presence. This site provides news, tour and ticket information, merchandise, newsletters, photos, and links.
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Official website
van-halen.com - The Official Van Halen Web Site
Official website includes news, tour and ticket information, merchandise, newsletters, photos, and links.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Amsterdam
- Place of death
- Santa Monica
- Spouse
- Valerie Bertinelli
- Child
- Wolfgang Van Halen
- Sibling
- Alex Van Halen
- Occupation
- keyboardist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- rock music
- Instrument
- keyboard instrument
- Official website
- www.van-halen.com
- Image
- Eddie Van Halen at the New Haven Coliseum.jpg
- Voice type
- baritone
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- Commons category
- Eddie van Halen
- date of birth
- 1955-01-26
- Commons gallery
- Eddie Van Halen
- member of
- Van Halen
- start of work period
- 1964-00-00
- name in native language
- Edward Lodewijk Van Halen
- copyright representative
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
- date of death
- 2020-10-06
- cause of death
- cerebral hemorrhage
- manner of death
- natural causes
- end of work period
- 2020-00-00
- social media followers
- 570241
- short name
- Eddie Van Halen
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Encyclopedic overview
Edward Lodewijk Van Halen (/væn ˈheɪlən/ van HAY-lən, Dutch: [ˈɛtʋɑrt ˈloːdəʋɛik fɑn ˈɦaːlə(n)]; January 26, 1955 – October 6, 2020) was an American musician and songwriter. He was the guitarist, keyboardist, backing vocalist and one of the primary songwriters of the rock band Van Halen, which he founded with his brother Alex Van Halen in 1972.
Eddie Van Halen is widely regarded as one of the greatest guitarists in rock history, and was well-known for popularizing the tapping guitar technique, allowing rapid arpeggios to be played with two hands on the fretboard. Van Halen was voted number one in a Guitar World Magazine poll for "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" poll. Rolling Stone ranked Van Halen 4th in its list of the "250 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" in 2023.
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