Eddie Van Halen has passed at age 65

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Ransom Stoddard

Ordained Dudeist Priest
Bloomington, IL
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/eddie-van-halen-dead-200051/

A long battle with throat cancer has ended. Like so many others of a certain age, Eddie's guitar was part of the soundtrack of my teenage years and beyond. I never managed to get to a VH show and that's one of the big open bucket list items that will never be checked off.

I wasn't at FarmAid in 85 either, but the fact that this went down on campus while I was there is still a neat piece of history.

 
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MainelyIllini

uh, Maine
I attended Farm Aid and and really enjoyed experiencing this. We jokingly called them Van Hagar as I believe it was the first performance of Sammy joining Van Halen on stage. RIP Eddie.